Famous Deaths In April - 27

0630  On April - 27 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  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1521  On April - 27 death of ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50  

1599  On this day in history death of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)  

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

1613  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on April - 27.  

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

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

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1682  Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies on this day in history.  

1694  Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25 on April - 27.  

1695  Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

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

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

1764  Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

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

1881  Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76 on April - 27.  

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

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

1896  On this day in history death of henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815)  

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

1902  On this day in history 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  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  Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1495  On April - 27 birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)  

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  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on this day in history.  

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on this day in history.  

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.  

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