Famous Deaths In April - 27

0630  On April - 27 death of king Ardashir III of Persia  

1076  On this day in history willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies  

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  On April - 27 death of ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50  

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 April - 27.  

1613  On April - 27 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 this day in history.  

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

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 April - 27.  

1782  On this day in history death of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710)  

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

1813  On April - 27 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  On April - 27 ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1901  On this day in history 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 April - 27.  

1932  Death of Harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32 on this day in history.  

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

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

1938  On this day in history edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44  

1941  On April - 27 death of penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)  

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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  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on April - 27.  

1707  On April - 27 birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens  

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

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