Page 2: Historical Events In April - 27

1724  On April - 27 ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer   

1737  Edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp) on April - 27.   

1746  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)   

1764  On this day in history jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73   

1767  Andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock) on April - 27.   

1773  On this day in history british Parliament passes the Tea Act (Boston won't like this)   

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

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

1791  On April - 27 the birth of Samuel Morse, Inventor of Morse Code   

1791  On this day in history samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)   

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

1802  On this day in history abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer   

1803  Alfred Julius Becher, composer on this day in history.   

1805  Naval forces capture Derne, Tripoli; raise first U.S. flag over foreign soil on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history uS Marines attack shores of Tripoli   

1810  On April - 27 beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.   

1812  Friedrich von Flotow, composer on April - 27.   

1813  Americans under Gen Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed on April - 27.   

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

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

1820  On this day in history herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)   

1822  The birth of Ulysses S.Grant, Former (18th) American President on this day in history.   

1822  Ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77) on April - 27.   

1824  William Richard Bexfield, composer on April - 27.   

1828  On this day in history 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  On April - 27 fire destroys half of Charleston   

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  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on this day in history.   

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1724  On April - 27 birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer   

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  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 April - 27 death of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)   

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

1613  On April - 27 death of robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)