Page 2: Historical Events In April - 27

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

1737  Edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp) on April - 27.   

1746  On this day in history 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 this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)   

1764  Jaime de Casellas, composer, dies at 73 on April - 27.   

1767  On April - 27 andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock)   

1773  British Parliament passes the Tea Act (Boston won't like this) on this day in history.   

1773  British Parliament passes the Tea Act. It doesn't fly well in Boston on this day in history.   

1773  On this day in history 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 this day in history samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)   

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

1802  On this day in history abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer   

1803  On April - 27 alfred Julius Becher, composer   

1805  Naval forces capture Derne, Tripoli; raise first U.S. flag over foreign soil on this day in history.   

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 this day in history friedrich von Flotow, composer   

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

1813  On April - 27 u.S. Navy and Army forces capture York (now Toronto), Canada   

1813  Zebulon M Pike, US explorer (Pike's Peak), dies in battle at 34 on April - 27.   

1820  Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics) on April - 27.   

1822  On April - 27 the birth of Ulysses S.Grant, Former (18th) American President   

1822  On April - 27 ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)   

1824  William Richard Bexfield, composer on this day in history.   

1828  On April - 27 zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens   

1828  Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher on April - 27.   

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

1838  Fire destroys half of Charleston on April - 27.   

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

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 April - 27.   

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

1623  On April - 27 birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer   

1650  On April - 27 birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)   

1701  On April - 27 birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

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

0630  On this day in history 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  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 April - 27 leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69   

1613  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on this day in history.