Famous Deaths Happened In April - 27

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  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on April - 27.   

1404  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on April - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

1613  On this day in history death of robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)   

1625  On this day in history death of mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553)   

1656  Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65 on April - 27.   

1682  On this day in history theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies   

1694  On this day in history johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25   

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

1702  On April - 27 jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51   

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 April - 27 death of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710)   

1794  On April - 27 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 this day in history sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59   

1872  Ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70 on April - 27.   

1873  Death of William Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793) on April - 27.   

1881  On this day in history ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76   

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

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

1896  On this day in history death of henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815)   

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

1902  On April - 27 julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72   

1915  On April - 27 alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43   

1932  Death of Harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32 on this day in history.   

1936  On this day in history frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72   

1937  On this day in history antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46   

1938  On April - 27 edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44   

1941  Death of Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874) on April - 27.   

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1410  On April - 27 birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia   

1495  On April - 27 birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)   

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 April - 27.   

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 April - 27 birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer