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  Battle at Culloden Moor: Duke of Cumberland beats "James VIII & III" on April - 27.  

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 April - 27 mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)  

1764  Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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 April - 27 british Parliament passes the Tea Act. It doesn't fly well in Boston  

1773  On April - 27 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 this day in history.  

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  Naval forces capture Derne, Tripoli; raise first U.S. flag over foreign soil on April - 27.  

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  Friedrich von Flotow, composer on this day in history.  

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

1813  On this day in history 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  Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics) on April - 27.  

1822  On April - 27 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 April - 27.  

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

1835  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on April - 27.  

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  On April - 27 death of king Ardashir III of Persia  

1076  Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies on this day in history.  

1124  On this day in history alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies  

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  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on April - 27.  

1605  On April - 27 leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69  

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