Historical Events In April - 27

0630  King Ardashir III of Persia   

1076  Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies   

1124  Scotland's Alexander I dies at age 46 after a 17-year reign and is succeeded by his brother David, 40, who has ruled in the south since the death of their grandfather Edgar in 1107.   

1124  David I is recorded as becoming King of Scotland.   

1124  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies   

1296  Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England.   

1404  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62   

1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia   

1509  Pope Julius II excommunicates Italian state of Venice.   

1518  Treaty of St Truiden: anti-French Trapdoors/Bourgondisch covenant.   

1521  Ferdinand Magellan world traveler, killed by Filipino natives   

1521  Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50.   

1522  Battle at Bicacca: Charles I and Pope Adrianus VI beat France.   

1526  Mogol King Babur beats sultan of Delhi   

1539  Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (nowadays Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.   

1565  inaugural Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms   

1565  1st Spanish settlement in Philippines, Cebu City, forms.   

1576  Peace of Beaulieu and Paix de Monsieur.   

1578  In this year, Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favorites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise.   

1605  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69.   

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer   

1643  Tirso de Molina's "Bellaco Sois, Gomez," premieres in Madrid   

1646  King Charles I flees Oxford   

1650  Scottish general Montrose defeated.   

1656  Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65   

1662  Netherlands and France sign military covenant.   

1667  The blind and impoverished, John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10   

1682  Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies   

1694  Frederik August I "the Strong" is recorded as becoming monarch of Saksen   

1694  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.   

1701  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

1702  Jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51   

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens   

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

1495  On this day in history birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)   

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 27.   

1650  On April - 27 birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)   

1701  On April - 27 birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

1707  On this day in history birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens   

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on April - 27.   

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1124  On April - 27 alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies   

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  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on this day in history.   

1605  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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