Famous Deaths In April - 27

0630  On April - 27 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  On April - 27 alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies  

1404  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1613  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on this day in history.  

1625  On April - 27 death of mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553)  

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

1682  Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies on April - 27.  

1694  Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25 on April - 27.  

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  Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66 on April - 27.  

1764  Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

1794  William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 April - 27.  

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  On April - 27 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 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 April - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

1707  On April - 27 birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens  

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.