Famous Deaths 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  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 April - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

1625  On this day in history death of mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553)  

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

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1682  On this day in history 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 April - 27.  

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

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

1764  On April - 27 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  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 April - 27.  

1872  Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1896  On this day in history death of henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)  

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

1650  On this day in history 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 April - 27.  

1707  On this day in history birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens  

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

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