Famous Deaths In April - 27

0630  Death of King Ardashir III of Persia on April - 27.  

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  On April - 27 philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62  

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

1613  On this day in history death of robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)  

1625  Death of Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553) on this day in history.  

1656  On this day in history gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65  

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1682  On this day in history theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies  

1694  On April - 27 johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25  

1695  Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44 on April - 27.  

1702  On April - 27 jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51  

1758  Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66 on April - 27.  

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

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 April - 27.  

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 April - 27.  

1881  Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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 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  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  Death of Harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32 on April - 27.  

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

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 April - 27.  

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

1623  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on April - 27.  

1724  On April - 27 birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer