Historical Events In April - 27

1724  On April - 27 ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer   

1737  On April - 27 edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp)   

1746  Battle at Culloden Moor: Duke of Cumberland beats "James VIII & III" on April - 27.   

1749  On April - 27 first performance of Handel's Fireworks Music in Green Park, London.   

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

1759  The birth of Mary Godwin/Shelley, Author of the novel 'Frankenstein' on this day in history.   

1759  Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader) on April - 27.   

1764  On April - 27 jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73   

1767  Andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock) on this day in history.   

1773  On this day in history british Parliament passes the Tea Act (Boston won't like this)   

1773  On April - 27 british Parliament passes the Tea Act. It doesn't fly well in Boston   

1773  British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) on April - 27.   

1791  The birth of Samuel Morse, Inventor of Morse Code on this day in history.   

1791  On April - 27 samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)   

1794  William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 on April - 27.   

1802  On this day in history abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer   

1803  On this day in history alfred Julius Becher, composer   

1805  On April - 27 naval forces capture Derne, Tripoli; raise first U.S. flag over foreign soil   

1805  US Marines attack shores of Tripoli on April - 27.   

1810  Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise on April - 27.   

1812  Friedrich von Flotow, composer on April - 27.   

1813  On this day in history americans under Gen Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed   

1813  U.S. Navy and Army forces capture York (now Toronto), Canada on this day in history.   

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

1820  On April - 27 herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)   

1822  The birth of Ulysses S.Grant, Former (18th) American President on April - 27.   

1822  On this day in history ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)   

1824  On April - 27 william Richard Bexfield, composer   

1828  Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens on April - 27.   

1828  Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher on April - 27.   

1835  On April - 27 john Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27]   

1838  On this day in history fire destroys half of Charleston   

1840  On April - 27 foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.   

1840  Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) on April - 27.   

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1410  On April - 27 birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia   

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 April - 27.   

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on April - 27.   

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.   

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 April - 27.   

1124  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on April - 27.   

1404  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on April - 27.   

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

1599  On this day in history 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  On April - 27 death of robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)