Famous Deaths Happened In April - 27

0630  On this day in history death of king Ardashir III of Persia   

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

1124  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on this day in history.   

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  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  Death of Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553) on April - 27.   

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

1682  Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies on this day in history.   

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

1782  On April - 27 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 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 April - 27.   

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  John Murray Corse, US general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday on April - 27.   

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

1901  On this day in history richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81   

1902  Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72 on April - 27.   

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 April - 27.   

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

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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