Historical Events In April - 27
Friday, 02 June 2023
1724 On this day in history ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer
1737 On this day in history edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp)
1746 Battle at Culloden Moor: Duke of Cumberland beats "James VIII & III" on April - 27.
1749 On this day in history 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 April - 27 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 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 On this day in history british Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this)
1791 On April - 27 the birth of Samuel Morse, Inventor of Morse Code
1791 Samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph) on April - 27.
1794 William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 on this day in history.
1802 Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer on this day in history.
1803 On this day in history alfred Julius Becher, composer
1805 Naval forces capture Derne, Tripoli; raise first U.S. flag over foreign soil on this day in history.
1805 US Marines attack shores of Tripoli on this day in history.
1810 Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise on this day in history.
1812 On this day in history friedrich von Flotow, composer
1813 On April - 27 americans under Gen Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed
1813 On April - 27 u.S. Navy and Army forces capture York (now Toronto), Canada
1813 Zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 on April - 27.
1820 On April - 27 herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)
1822 On this day in history the birth of Ulysses S.Grant, Former (18th) American President
1822 Ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77) on this day in history.
1824 William Richard Bexfield, composer on this day in history.
1828 Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens on this day in history.
1828 Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher on this day in history.
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 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 April - 27.
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