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 this day in history.  

1124  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on April - 27.  

1404  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)  

1605  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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  On this day in history jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51  

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

1764  On April - 27 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 April - 27.  

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 April - 27 death of william Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793)  

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 this day in history.  

1896  Death of Henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815) on April - 27.  

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

1495  On this day in history birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)  

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on April - 27.