Famous Deaths In April - 27

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

1076  On April - 27 willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies   

1124  On this day in history alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies   

1404  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on April - 27.   

1521  Death of Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 on this day in history.   

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

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

1682  On April - 27 theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies   

1694  On April - 27 johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25   

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

1782  On April - 27 death of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710)   

1794  William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1813  On April - 27 zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34   

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  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 this day in history.   

1893  On April - 27 john Murray Corse, US general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday   

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

1901  Richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32 on April - 27.   

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  Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1941  Death of Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874) on this day in history.   

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1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on April - 27.   

1495  On April - 27 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  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 April - 27 birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)   

1724  On April - 27 birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer