Page 2: Historical Events In April - 27

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

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

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 April - 27.   

1758  Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1773  On April - 27 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  On April - 27 samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)   

1794  William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1802  On April - 27 abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer   

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

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

1805  On April - 27 uS Marines attack shores of Tripoli   

1810  Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise on April - 27.   

1812  Friedrich von Flotow, composer on April - 27.   

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  On this day in history zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34   

1820  On this day in history 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  On April - 27 ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)   

1824  On April - 27 william Richard Bexfield, composer   

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

1828  On this day in history gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher   

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  On this day in history 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 April - 27 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  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on April - 27.   

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

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

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

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  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 April - 27.   

1605  On this day in history 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)