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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1625  Death of Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553) on this day in history.   

1656  On this day in history gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65   

1682  Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies on this day in history.   

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

1695  Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44 on April - 27.   

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

1758  On April - 27 jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66   

1764  Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73 on April - 27.   

1782  Death of William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710) on April - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

1871  Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59 on April - 27.   

1872  On this day in history 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  On April - 27 ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies   

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  On April - 27 richard Redhead, composer, dies at 81   

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

1915  On this day in history 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 April - 27 frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72   

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

1938  Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44 on April - 27.   

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 April - 27.   

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

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 27.   

1650  On April - 27 birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)   

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 April - 27.   

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

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