Famous Deaths Happened In April - 27

0630  On April - 27 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 this day in history.   

1599  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on April - 27.   

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

1613  On this day in history death of robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)   

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 this day in history.   

1694  Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1695  Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1782  On April - 27 death of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710)   

1794  On April - 27 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  On this day in history ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70   

1873  On this day in history death of william Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793)   

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

1882  On this day in history ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies   

1893  On April - 27 john Murray Corse, US general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday   

1896  Death of Henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815) on this day in history.   

1901  Richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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 April - 27.   

1932  On this day in history death of harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32   

1936  On April - 27 frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72   

1937  On April - 27 antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46   

1938  Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1941  Death of Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874) on this day in history.   

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1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on April - 27.   

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

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on this day in history.   

1650  On April - 27 birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)   

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

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

1718  On this day in history birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)   

1724  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer