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 this day in history.   

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

1749  First performance of Handel's Fireworks Music in Green Park, London on this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66   

1759  The birth of Mary Godwin/Shelley, Author of the novel 'Frankenstein' on this day in history.   

1759  Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader) on April - 27.   

1764  Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73 on April - 27.   

1767  On April - 27 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  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  The birth of Samuel Morse, Inventor of Morse Code on this day in history.   

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

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

1802  On this day in history abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer   

1803  Alfred Julius Becher, composer on April - 27.   

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

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

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

1812  Friedrich von Flotow, composer on April - 27.   

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

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  On April - 27 the birth of Ulysses S.Grant, Former (18th) American President   

1822  On April - 27 ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)   

1824  William Richard Bexfield, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1838  On this day in history fire destroys half of Charleston   

1840  On this day in history foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.   

1840  Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) 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  On this day in history 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  On April - 27 birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

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

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  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  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  On this day in history death of robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)