Page 2: Historical Events In April - 27
Thursday, 10 July 2025
1724 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer on this day in history.
1737 Edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp) on this day in history.
1746 On April - 27 battle at Culloden Moor: Duke of Cumberland beats "James VIII & III"
1749 On April - 27 first performance of Handel's Fireworks Music in Green Park, London.
1758 Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1759 On April - 27 the birth of Mary Godwin/Shelley, Author of the novel 'Frankenstein'
1759 On April - 27 mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)
1764 Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73 on April - 27.
1767 Andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock) on this day in history.
1773 British Parliament passes the Tea Act (Boston won't like this) on April - 27.
1773 On April - 27 british Parliament passes the Tea Act. It doesn't fly well in Boston
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 April - 27.
1803 Alfred Julius Becher, composer on April - 27.
1805 On April - 27 naval forces capture Derne, Tripoli; raise first U.S. flag over foreign soil
1805 On this day in history uS Marines attack shores of Tripoli
1810 On this day in history beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Für Elise.
1812 On this day in history friedrich von Flotow, composer
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 this day in history.
1813 Zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 on this day in history.
1820 On April - 27 herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)
1822 On this day in history the birth of Ulysses S.Grant, Former (18th) American President
1822 On this day in history ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)
1824 William Richard Bexfield, composer on this day in history.
1828 On this day in history zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens
1828 Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher on April - 27.
1835 John Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27] on April - 27.
1838 On this day in history fire destroys half of Charleston
1840 On April - 27 foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.
1840 Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) on this day in history.
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