Famous Deaths In April - 27

0630  Death of King Ardashir III of Persia on this day in history.  

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 April - 27.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 April - 27 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 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  On this day in history 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 April - 27 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  William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 on April - 27.  

1813  On April - 27 zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34  

1871  On this day in history sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59  

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

1873  On April - 27 death of william Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793)  

1881  On April - 27 ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  Alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 on this day in history.  

1932  On April - 27 death of harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32  

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

1937  Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46 on April - 27.  

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  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on April - 27.  

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

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.