Page 2: Historical Events In April - 27

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer on this day in history.   

1737  On this day in history 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 April - 27 jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66   

1759  The birth of Mary Godwin/Shelley, Author of the novel 'Frankenstein' on this day in history.   

1759  On April - 27 mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)   

1764  On this day in history 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  British Parliament passes the Tea Act. It doesn't fly well in Boston on April - 27.   

1773  On April - 27 british Parliament passes Tea Act (Boston won't like this)   

1791  The birth of Samuel Morse, Inventor of Morse Code on this day in history.   

1791  On April - 27 samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)   

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

1802  Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer on this day in history.   

1803  Alfred Julius Becher, composer on this day in history.   

1805  On April - 27 naval forces capture Derne, Tripoli; raise first U.S. flag over foreign soil   

1805  US Marines attack shores of Tripoli on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.   

1812  On April - 27 friedrich von Flotow, composer   

1813  On April - 27 americans under Gen Pike capture Toronto; Pike is killed   

1813  On this day in history u.S. Navy and Army forces capture York (now Toronto), Canada   

1813  On April - 27 zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34   

1820  On this day in history herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)   

1822  The birth of Ulysses S.Grant, Former (18th) American President on this day in history.   

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

1824  William Richard Bexfield, composer on April - 27.   

1828  Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens on this day in history.   

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

1835  On April - 27 john Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27]   

1838  Fire destroys half of Charleston on this day in history.   

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

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

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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 this day in history.   

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  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on April - 27.   

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

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

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 April - 27.   

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

1599  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on April - 27.   

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

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