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 this day in history.   

1521  Death of Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 on April - 27.   

1599  On April - 27 death of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)   

1605  On April - 27 leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69   

1613  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on April - 27.   

1625  Death of Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553) on April - 27.   

1656  Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65 on April - 27.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66   

1764  Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73 on April - 27.   

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  On April - 27 sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59   

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

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

1881  Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76 on April - 27.   

1882  On this day in history ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies   

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

1896  Death of Henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815) on April - 27.   

1901  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history death of harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32   

1936  Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 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  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on April - 27.   

1623  On April - 27 birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer   

1650  Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on April - 27.   

1701  On April - 27 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.