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  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 April - 27.  

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  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on this day in history.  

1625  Death of Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553) on this day in history.  

1656  On April - 27 gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65  

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

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

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

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

1794  On this day in history william Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47  

1813  Zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 on this day in history.  

1871  On April - 27 sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59  

1872  On April - 27 ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70  

1873  On April - 27 death of william Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793)  

1881  On April - 27 ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76  

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 April - 27.  

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

1932  On this day in history 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  Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44 on April - 27.  

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 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  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 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 this day in history.  

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