Famous Deaths In April - 27

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

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  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on April - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1625  On April - 27 death of mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553)  

1656  On this day in history 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 April - 27 sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44  

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

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

1764  On this day in history jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73  

1782  On this day in history death of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710)  

1794  On April - 27 william Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47  

1813  Zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 on this day in history.  

1871  On this day in history sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59  

1872  On April - 27 ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70  

1873  Death of William Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793) on this day in history.  

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

1882  On this day in history ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

1902  On April - 27 julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72  

1915  Alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 on April - 27.  

1932  Death of Harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32 on this day in history.  

1936  On this day in history frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72  

1937  Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46 on April - 27.  

1938  Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44 on April - 27.  

1941  On this day in history 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 April - 27.  

1623  On this day in history birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer  

1650  On April - 27 birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)  

1701  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia  

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 this day in history.  

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