Famous Deaths Happened In April - 27

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

1076  On this day in history willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies   

1124  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on April - 27.   

1404  On this day in history philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62   

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

1599  On this day in history 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  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on April - 27.   

1625  Death of Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (b. 1553) on this day in history.   

1656  Gerard van Honthorst, painter, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1682  Theodorus III, czar of Russia (1676-82), dies on April - 27.   

1694  Johan Georg IV, elector of Saxony (1691-94), dies at 25 on this day in history.   

1695  On this day in history sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44   

1702  Jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

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

1871  Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, composer, dies at 59 on April - 27.   

1872  On this day in history ion Heliade-Radulescu, Romanian politician/author, dies at 70   

1873  On this day in history death of william Charles Macready, English actor (b. 1793)   

1881  Ludwig A Benedek, Austrian general, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1882  On April - 27 ralph Waldo Emerson, US poet (Representive Men), dies   

1893  John Murray Corse, US general (Union), dies on his 58th birthday on April - 27.   

1896  Death of Henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (b. 1815) on April - 27.   

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 April - 27.   

1932  Death of Harold "Heart" Crane, US poet (Bridge), commits suicide at 32 on this day in history.   

1936  On April - 27 frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72   

1937  Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher/marxist theorist, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1938  Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1941  On April - 27 death of penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)   

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1410  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on April - 27.   

1718  On this day in history birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)   

1724  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer