Events & Holidays In April - 27

Dan We Zo, alias St Louis Cleimeille (Haiti)

Day of Resistance (Slovenia)

Freedom Day (South Africa)

Horse Day (Turkmenistan)

Independence Day (Sierra Leone Togo)

1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on this day in history.   

1495  On this day in history birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)   

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1076  On this day in history 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  On this day in history philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62   

1521  On this day in history death of ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50   

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