Famous Deaths In April - 27

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 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 this day in history death of ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50   

1599  On this day in history death of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)   

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

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

1625  On April - 27 death of mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553)   

1656  On April - 27 gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65   

1682  On April - 27 theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies   

1694  Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25 on April - 27.   

1695  On this day in history sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44   

1702  Jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

1764  On this day in history jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73   

1782  On this day in history death of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710)   

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

1813  Zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 on April - 27.   

1871  On April - 27 sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59   

1872  On April - 27 ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70   

1873  On this day in history death of william Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793)   

1881  Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1882  Ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies on April - 27.   

1893  On this day in history john Murray Corse, US general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday   

1896  Death of Henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815) on April - 27.   

1901  Richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81 on April - 27.   

1902  Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72 on April - 27.   

1915  Alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 on April - 27.   

1932  On this day in history death of harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32   

1936  Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1937  On April - 27 antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46   

1938  Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history death of penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)   

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1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on this day in history.   

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  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  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on April - 27.   

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