Historical Events In April - 27

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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1410  On this day in history birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia  

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on this day in history.  

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

1650  Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on April - 27.  

1701  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on April - 27.  

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

1718  On this day in history birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)  

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 this day in history 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  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1521  Death of Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 on April - 27.  

1599  On this day in history 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)