Page 2: Historical Events In April - 27

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

1737  On April - 27 edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp)   

1746  On April - 27 battle at Culloden Moor: Duke of Cumberland beats "James VIII & III"   

1749  On April - 27 first performance of Handel's Fireworks Music in Green Park, London.   

1758  Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66 on April - 27.   

1759  The birth of Mary Godwin/Shelley, Author of the novel 'Frankenstein' on April - 27.   

1759  Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader) on this day in history.   

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

1767  On this day in history andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock)   

1773  British Parliament passes the Tea Act (Boston won't like this) on this day in history.   

1773  British Parliament passes the Tea Act. It doesn't fly well in Boston on this day in history.   

1773  On April - 27 british Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this)   

1791  The birth of Samuel Morse, Inventor of Morse Code on this day in history.   

1791  Samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph) on this day in history.   

1794  William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 on April - 27.   

1802  Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer on this day in history.   

1803  Alfred Julius Becher, composer on April - 27.   

1805  Naval forces capture Derne, Tripoli; raise first U.S. flag over foreign soil on April - 27.   

1805  On April - 27 uS Marines attack shores of Tripoli   

1810  On this day in history beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.   

1812  On April - 27 friedrich von Flotow, composer   

1813  On this day in history americans under Gen Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed   

1813  On this day in history u.S. Navy and Army forces capture York (now Toronto), Canada   

1813  On April - 27 zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34   

1820  On April - 27 herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)   

1822  The birth of Ulysses S.Grant, Former (18th) American President on April - 27.   

1822  Ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77) on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history william Richard Bexfield, composer   

1828  On April - 27 zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens   

1828  Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher on April - 27.   

1835  John Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27] on April - 27.   

1838  Fire destroys half of Charleston on this day in history.   

1840  On April - 27 foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.   

1840  On April - 27 edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865)   

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1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on this day in history.   

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on April - 27.   

1623  On this day in history birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer   

1650  On this day in history birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)   

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  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  On April - 27 willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies   

1124  On this day in history alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies   

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  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 April - 27.   

1613  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on this day in history.