Page 2: Historical Events In April - 27

1724  On April - 27 ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer   

1737  On April - 27 edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp)   

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

1759  On April - 27 the birth of Mary Godwin/Shelley, Author of the novel 'Frankenstein'   

1759  On this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)   

1764  On April - 27 jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73   

1767  On April - 27 andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock)   

1773  On this day in history british Parliament passes the Tea Act (Boston won't like this)   

1773  On April - 27 british Parliament passes the Tea Act. It doesn't fly well in Boston   

1773  British Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this) on this day in history.   

1791  On April - 27 the birth of Samuel Morse, Inventor of Morse Code   

1791  On this day in history samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)   

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  On April - 27 uS Marines attack shores of Tripoli   

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  Americans under Gen Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed on this day in history.   

1813  U.S. Navy and Army forces capture York (now Toronto), Canada on April - 27.   

1813  On this day in history zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34   

1820  On April - 27 herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)   

1822  The birth of Ulysses S.Grant, Former (18th) American President on April - 27.   

1822  On this day in history ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)   

1824  On April - 27 william Richard Bexfield, composer   

1828  Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens on April - 27.   

1828  On April - 27 gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher   

1835  John Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27] on this day in history.   

1838  Fire destroys half of Charleston on April - 27.   

1840  Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry on April - 27.   

1840  On this day in history edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865)   

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1410  On April - 27 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  On April - 27 birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer   

1650  On this day in history 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 April - 27.   

1707  On April - 27 birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens   

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on April - 27.   

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on April - 27.   

0630  On April - 27 death of king Ardashir III of Persia   

1076  On April - 27 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 this day in history.   

1521  Death of Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 on April - 27.   

1599  On April - 27 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 this day in history death of robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)