Famous Deaths In April - 27

0630  On April - 27 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  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  On April - 27 death of ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50  

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 this day in history.  

1625  On this day in history death of mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553)  

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

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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 this day in history.  

1695  On this day in history sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44  

1702  On this day in history jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51  

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

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

1782  On this day in history 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  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 April - 27 death of henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815)  

1901  Richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81 on April - 27.  

1902  Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1915  On April - 27 alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43  

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  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 April - 27.  

1495  On April - 27 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  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  On this day in history 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 April - 27.