Famous Deaths In April - 27

0630  Death of King Ardashir III of Persia on April - 27.   

1076  On April - 27 willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies   

1124  On this day in history alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1599  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on this day in history.   

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)   

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  On April - 27 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  Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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

1758  Jan Francisci, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1764  Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1782  On April - 27 death of william Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (b. 1710)   

1794  William Jones, British Orientalist/jurist, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

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  On April - 27 ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70   

1873  On April - 27 death of william Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793)   

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

1882  On this day in history ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies   

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

1896  Death of Henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815) on this day in history.   

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

1902  Julius Sterling Morton, who started Arbor Day, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1915  Alexander N Skriabin, Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1932  On April - 27 death of harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32   

1936  Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1937  Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46 on April - 27.   

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  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  Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on April - 27.   

1701  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on this day in history.   

1718  On April - 27 birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)   

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