Famous Deaths Happened In April - 27

0630  On this day in history 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  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  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  On this day in history leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69   

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

1625  On April - 27 death of mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553)   

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

1682  Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies on April - 27.   

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

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

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

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

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 April - 27.   

1872  Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 on April - 27.   

1873  Death of William Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 April - 27.   

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

1902  On April - 27 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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1410  On April - 27 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  On April - 27 birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)   

1701  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

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

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on April - 27.   

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.