Famous Deaths In April - 27

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

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 this day in history philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62  

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

1656  Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

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  Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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  On April - 27 william Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47  

1813  On this day in history zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34  

1871  Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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 April - 27.  

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

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  On April - 27 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 this day in history 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  Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46 on April - 27.  

1938  Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44 on April - 27.  

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

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1410  On April - 27 birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia  

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on this day in history.  

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on April - 27.  

1718  On April - 27 birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)  

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