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  On April - 27 alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies   

1404  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1521  Death of Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 on this day in history.   

1599  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on this day in history.   

1605  On April - 27 leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69   

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

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

1656  On this day in history gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 April - 27.   

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

1881  Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1882  Ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1902  Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72 on April - 27.   

1915  On this day in history 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  On this day in history frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72   

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  On April - 27 death of penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)   

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

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  On this day in history birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)   

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

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on this day in history.   

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

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