Famous Deaths Happened In April - 27

0630  On this day in history death of king Ardashir III of Persia   

1076  Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies on this day in history.   

1124  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on this day in history.   

1404  On this day in history philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62   

1521  Death of Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 on April - 27.   

1599  On April - 27 death of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)   

1605  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1613  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on April - 27.   

1625  On this day in history death of mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553)   

1656  Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65 on April - 27.   

1682  Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies on April - 27.   

1694  Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25 on April - 27.   

1695  On April - 27 sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44   

1702  Jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66   

1764  On this day in history jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73   

1782  Death of William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710) on this day in history.   

1794  William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34   

1871  Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1872  Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1873  Death of William Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793) on April - 27.   

1881  On this day in history ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76   

1882  On April - 27 ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies   

1893  John Murray Corse, US general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday on this day in history.   

1896  Death of Henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815) on April - 27.   

1901  Richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81 on April - 27.   

1902  On this day in history julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72   

1915  On April - 27 alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43   

1932  Death of Harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32 on April - 27.   

1936  Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72 on April - 27.   

1937  On this day in history antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46   

1938  On April - 27 edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44   

1941  Death of Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874) on April - 27.   

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1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on this day in history.   

1495  On April - 27 birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)   

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 27.   

1650  Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on this day in history.   

1701  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on this day in history.   

1707  On this day in history birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens   

1718  On April - 27 birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)   

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on April - 27.