Famous Deaths Happened 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 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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1410  On April - 27 birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia   

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on April - 27.   

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  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on April - 27.   

1718  On this day in history birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)   

1724  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer