Famous Deaths In April - 27

0630  Death of King Ardashir III of Persia on April - 27.  

1076  Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies on April - 27.  

1124  On this day in history alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies  

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

1521  On this day in history death of ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50  

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

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  Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies on this day in history.  

1694  On this day in history johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25  

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

1702  On this day in history jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51  

1758  Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

1782  Death of William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710) on this day in history.  

1794  On this day in history 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 April - 27.  

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  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  On April - 27 death of henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815)  

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

1902  Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1915  On April - 27 alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43  

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

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

1937  Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

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

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

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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 April - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1724  On April - 27 birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer