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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on April - 27.   

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

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

1625  Death of Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553) on April - 27.   

1656  On this day in history gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65   

1682  Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies on April - 27.   

1694  On this day in history 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 April - 27.   

1702  Jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51 on April - 27.   

1758  On April - 27 jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66   

1764  Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73 on April - 27.   

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 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  Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1882  Ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies on April - 27.   

1893  On April - 27 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  Alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on April - 27.   

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

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

1650  On this day in history birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)   

1701  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on April - 27.   

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 April - 27.   

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