Famous Deaths In April - 27

0630  Death of King Ardashir III of Persia on this day in history.   

1076  On this day in history willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies   

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

1404  On April - 27 philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62   

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

1599  On April - 27 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  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 April - 27 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 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  Death of William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710) on this day in history.   

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 April - 27 sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59   

1872  Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 on April - 27.   

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

1881  On this day in history ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76   

1882  On April - 27 ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies   

1893  On this day in history 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 April - 27.   

1902  Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72 on April - 27.   

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

1941  On April - 27 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 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  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.