Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.  

1124  On this day in history alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies  

1404  On this day in history philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62  

1521  On this day in history death of ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50  

1599  On April - 27 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  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  Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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1682  On April - 27 theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

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  Ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies on April - 27.  

1893  John Murray Corse, US general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday on this day in history.  

1896  On April - 27 death of henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815)  

1901  On April - 27 richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81  

1902  On April - 27 julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72  

1915  On this day in history alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43  

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  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  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on this day in history.  

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.  

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.