Famous Deaths In April - 27

0630  On this day in history 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  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on April - 27.  

1605  On this day in history leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69  

1613  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on April - 27.  

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

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

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1682  Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies on this day in history.  

1694  Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1758  On April - 27 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  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 this day in history.  

1872  Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 on April - 27.  

1873  On this day in history death of william Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793)  

1881  On April - 27 ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76  

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  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 April - 27 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  Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72 on April - 27.  

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  On this day in history birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia  

1495  On April - 27 birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)  

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 27.  

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 April - 27.  

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on this day in history.  

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.