Events & Holidays In April - 27

Dan We Zo, alias St Louis Cleimeille (Haiti)

Day of Resistance (Slovenia)

Freedom Day (South Africa)

Horse Day (Turkmenistan)

Independence Day (Sierra Leone Togo)

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 this day in history.   

1623  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

0630  Death of King Ardashir III of Persia on this day in history.   

1076  On this day in history willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies   

1124  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on this day in history.   

1404  On this day in history philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62   

1521  Death of Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 on this day in history.   

1599  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on this day in history.   

1605  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1613  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on this day in history.