Famous Deaths In April - 27

0630  Death of King Ardashir III of Persia on this day in history.  

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

1124  On this day in history alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies  

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  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on April - 27.  

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

1613  On April - 27 death of robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)  

1625  Death of Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553) on April - 27.  

1656  On April - 27 gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65  

1682  On April - 27 theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies  

1694  On April - 27 johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25  

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

1702  Jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51 on April - 27.  

1758  On April - 27 jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66  

1764  Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

1794  On this day in history william Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47  

1813  Zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 on April - 27.  

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  On April - 27 death of william Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793)  

1881  On April - 27 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  On this day in history death of henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815)  

1901  On April - 27 richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81  

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

1915  Alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1938  Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44 on April - 27.  

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

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1410  On this day in history birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia  

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on this day in history.  

1623  On April - 27 birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer  

1650  Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on April - 27.  

1701  On April - 27 birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia  

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

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.  

1724  On April - 27 birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer