Famous Deaths Happened In April - 27
Friday, 23 May 2025
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 April - 27.
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 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 April - 27.
1605 On April - 27 leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69
1613 On April - 27 death of robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)
1625 Death of Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553) on April - 27.
1656 Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1682 Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1702 On April - 27 jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51
1758 On April - 27 jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66
1764 On this day in history jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73
1782 Death of William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710) on April - 27.
1794 William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70
1873 On this day in history death of william Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793)
1881 Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76 on April - 27.
1882 Ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies on this day in history.
1893 On this day in history john Murray Corse, US general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday
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 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 On this day in history 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 On April - 27 edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44
1941 On this day in history death of penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
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