April 27st All Events |
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| April 27th, 2007 (April 27 2007) | Event | Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia. | |
| April 27th, 2007 (April 27 2007) | Death | Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (born in 1927) | |
| April 27th, 2006 (April 27 2006) | Event | Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City. | |
| April 27th, 2006 (April 27 2006) | Death | Julia Thorne, ex-wife of John Kerry (born in 1944) | John Kerry Quotes |
| April 27th, 2005 (April 27 2005) | Event | The Superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France. | |
| April 27th, 2002 (April 27 2002) | Event | The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10. | |
| April 27th, 2002 (April 27 2002) | Death | George Alec Effinger, American author (born in 1947) | |
| April 27th, 2002 (April 27 2002) | Death | Ruth Handler, American toy manufacturer (born in 1916) | |
| April 27th, 2002 (April 27 2002) | Death | Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Swiss industrialist and art collector (born in 1921) | |
| April 27th, 2000 (April 27 2000) | Death | Vicki Sue Robinson, American singer (born in 1954) | |
| April 27th, 1999 (April 27 1999) | Death | Al Hirt, American trumpeter (born in 1922) | |
| April 27th, 1998 (April 27 1998) | Death | Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer (born in 1925) | Carlos Castaneda Quotes |
| April 27th, 1998 (April 27 1998) | Death | John Bassett, Canadian publisher and media baron (born in 1915) | |
| April 27th, 1998 (April 27 1998) | Death | Dominique Aury, French novelist (born in 1907) | |
| April 27th, 1996 (April 27 1996) | Event | The Israeli military operation in Lebanon, Operation Grapes of Wrath, ends after 16 days of heavy bombing. | |
| April 27th, 1996 (April 27 1996) | Death | William Colby, American director of the Central Intelligence Agency (born in 1920) | |
| April 27th, 1995 (April 27 1995) | Death | Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (born in 1921) | |
| April 27th, 1994 (April 27 1994) | Event | South African general election, 1994: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. | |
| April 27th, 1993 (April 27 1993) | Event | All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon in route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal. | |
| April 27th, 1992 (April 27 1992) | Event | The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed. | |
| April 27th, 1992 (April 27 1992) | Event | Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history. | |
| April 27th, 1992 (April 27 1992) | Event | Russia and 12 other former Soviet republics win entry into the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. | |
| April 27th, 1992 (April 27 1992) | Death | Olivier Messiaen, French composer (born in 1908) | |
| April 27th, 1989 (April 27 1989) | Birth | Emily Rios, American actress | |
| April 27th, 1989 (April 27 1989) | Death | Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (born in 1894) | |
| April 27th, 1988 (April 27 1988) | Death | David Scarboro, British actor (born in 1968) | |
| April 27th, 1987 (April 27 1987) | Event | The U.S. Justice Department bars the Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II. | |
| April 27th, 1987 (April 27 1987) | Birth | William Moseley, British actor | |
| April 27th, 1987 (April 27 1987) | Birth | Emma Taylor-Isherwood, Canadian actress | |
| April 27th, 1987 (April 27 1987) | Birth | Elliott Shriane, Australian speed skater | |
| April 27th, 1986 (April 27 1986) | Birth | Elena Risteska, Macedonian singer | |
| April 27th, 1984 (April 27 1984) | Birth | Patrick Stump, American musician (Fall Out Boy) | |
| April 27th, 1984 (April 27 1984) | Birth | Frank Carter, British musician (Gallows) and tattooist | |
| April 27th, 1984 (April 27 1984) | Birth | Pierre-Marc Bouchard, hockey player | |
| April 27th, 1984 (April 27 1984) | Birth | Daniel Holdsworth, Australian Rugby League player | |
| April 27th, 1983 (April 27 1983) | Birth | Ari Graynor, American actress | |
| April 27th, 1982 (April 27 1982) | Birth | Katrina Johnson, American actress | |
| April 27th, 1981 (April 27 1981) | Event | Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse. | |
| April 27th, 1981 (April 27 1981) | Birth | Fabrizio Faniello, Maltese singer | |
| April 27th, 1981 (April 27 1981) | Birth | Joey Gathright, American baseball player | |
| April 27th, 1981 (April 27 1981) | Birth | Patrik Gerrbrand, Swedish footballer | |
| April 27th, 1980 (April 27 1980) | Birth | Christian Lara, Ecuadorian footballer | |
| April 27th, 1980 (April 27 1980) | Birth | Ananda Mikola, Indonesian racing driver | |
| April 27th, 1980 (April 27 1980) | Birth | Sybille Bammer, Austrian tennis player | |
| April 27th, 1979 (April 27 1979) | Birth | Will Boyd, American musician | |
| April 27th, 1979 (April 27 1979) | Birth | Natasha Chokljat, Australian netballer | |
| April 27th, 1978 (April 27 1978) | Event | Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes. | |
| April 27th, 1978 (April 27 1978) | Birth | Adamantia Kontogiorgi, Greek actress | |
| April 27th, 1977 (April 27 1977) | Event | 28 people are killed in the Guatemala City air disaster. | |
| April 27th, 1977 (April 27 1977) | Birth | Khalid Zoubaa, French runner | |
| April 27th, 1977 (April 27 1977) | Birth | Jerry Trainor, American actor | |
| April 27th, 1977 (April 27 1977) | Death | Stanley Adams, American actor (born in 1915) | |
| April 27th, 1976 (April 27 1976) | Birth | Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer and composer | |
| April 27th, 1976 (April 27 1976) | Birth | Sally Hawkins, English film actress | |
| April 27th, 1976 (April 27 1976) | Birth | Walter Pandiani, Uruguayan footballer | |
| April 27th, 1975 (April 27 1975) | Birth | Rabih Abdullah, former National Football League player | |
| April 27th, 1975 (April 27 1975) | Birth | Chris Carpenter, American baseball player | |
| April 27th, 1975 (April 27 1975) | Birth | Pedro Feliz, Dominican baseball player | |
| April 27th, 1974 (April 27 1974) | Event | 10,000 march in Washington, D.C., calling for impeachment of US President Richard Nixon | |
| April 27th, 1974 (April 27 1974) | Birth | Johnny Devine, Canadian professional wrestler | |
| April 27th, 1974 (April 27 1974) | Birth | Richard Johnson, Australian footballer | |
| April 27th, 1973 (April 27 1973) | Birth | Sebastien Lareau, French Canadian professional tennis player | |
| April 27th, 1973 (April 27 1973) | Death | Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine racing driver (born in 1914) | |
| April 27th, 1972 (April 27 1972) | Event | Constructive Vote of No Confidence against German Chancellor Willy Brandt fails under obscure circumstances. | Willy Brandt Quotes |
| April 27th, 1972 (April 27 1972) | Birth | David Lascher, American actor | |
| April 27th, 1972 (April 27 1972) | Death | Kwame Nkrumah, leader of Ghana (born in 1909) | |
| April 27th, 1971 (April 27 1971) | Birth | Tess Daly, British television presenter | |
| April 27th, 1970 (April 27 1970) | Birth | Kylie Travis, English actress and model | |
| April 27th, 1970 (April 27 1970) | Death | Arthur Shields, Irish actor (born in 1896) | |
| April 27th, 1969 (April 27 1969) | Birth | Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey | |
| April 27th, 1969 (April 27 1969) | Birth | Darcey Bussell, British ballerina | |
| April 27th, 1969 (April 27 1969) | Birth | Grahame Cheney, Australian boxer | |
| April 27th, 1969 (April 27 1969) | Birth | Mica Paris, British singer and presenter | |
| April 27th, 1969 (April 27 1969) | Death | Rene Barrientos, President of Bolivia (born in 1919) | |
| April 27th, 1967 (April 27 1967) | Event | Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the worldied in It opens to the public the next day. | |
| April 27th, 1967 (April 27 1967) | Birth | Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands | |
| April 27th, 1967 (April 27 1967) | Birth | Aki Avni, Israeli entertainer | |
| April 27th, 1967 (April 27 1967) | Birth | Tommy Smith, Scottish jazz musician | |
| April 27th, 1967 (April 27 1967) | Birth | Erik Thomson, Australian actor | |
| April 27th, 1967 (April 27 1967) | Birth | Jason Whitlock, American sportswriter | |
| April 27th, 1965 (April 27 1965) | Death | Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (born in 1908) | Edward R. Murrow Quotes |
| April 27th, 1964 (April 27 1964) | Birth | Michael Mahonen, Canadian actor, director and screenwriter | |
| April 27th, 1964 (April 27 1964) | Birth | Lisa Wilcox, American actress | |
| April 27th, 1963 (April 27 1963) | Birth | Cali Timmins, Canadian actress | |
| April 27th, 1963 (April 27 1963) | Birth | Russell T. Davies, Welsh television writer and executive producer of Doctor Who | |
| April 27th, 1962 (April 27 1962) | Birth | Angel Comizzo, Argentine footballer | |
| April 27th, 1962 (April 27 1962) | Birth | James LeGros, American actor | |
| April 27th, 1962 (April 27 1962) | Death | A. K. Fazlul Huq, Bengali statesman (born in 1873) | |
| April 27th, 1961 (April 27 1961) | Event | Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister. | |
| April 27th, 1960 (April 27 1960) | Event | Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship. | |
| April 27th, 1959 (April 27 1959) | Event | The last Canadian missionary leaves the People s Republic of China. | |
| April 27th, 1959 (April 27 1959) | Birth | Sheena Easton, Scottish singer | |
| April 27th, 1959 (April 27 1959) | Birth | Louis Lortie, French Canadian concert pianist | |
| April 27th, 1957 (April 27 1957) | Birth | Eric Bristow, English darts player | |
| April 27th, 1957 (April 27 1957) | Birth | Rosanna Scotto, American news anchor | |
| April 27th, 1957 (April 27 1957) | Birth | Michel Barrette, Canadian actor and stand-up comedian | |
| April 27th, 1956 (April 27 1956) | Birth | Douglas P., English musician (Death in June, Crisis) | |
| April 27th, 1956 (April 27 1956) | Birth | Bryan Harvey, American musician | |
| April 27th, 1953 (April 27 1953) | Birth | Arielle Dombasle, French singer and actress | |
| April 27th, 1952 (April 27 1952) | Birth | George Gervin, American basketball player | |
| April 27th, 1952 (April 27 1952) | Birth | Ari Vatanen, Finnish rally driver | |
| April 27th, 1952 (April 27 1952) | Birth | Larry Elder, American political commentator | |
| April 27th, 1952 (April 27 1952) | Death | Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (born in 1865) | |
| April 27th, 1951 (April 27 1951) | Birth | Ace Frehley, American musician (Kiss) | |
| April 27th, 1950 (April 27 1950) | Event | Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races. | |
| April 27th, 1948 (April 27 1948) | Birth | Frank William Abagnale, Jr., con artist turned security consultant. | Frank Abagnale Quotes |
| April 27th, 1948 (April 27 1948) | Birth | Kate Pierson, American singer (The B-52 s) | |
| April 27th, 1948 (April 27 1948) | Birth | Amrit Bohra, Nepalese politician | |
| April 27th, 1947 (April 27 1947) | Birth | Ann Peebles, American singer | |
| April 27th, 1947 (April 27 1947) | Birth | George Kenneth Butterfield, American politician | |
| April 27th, 1947 (April 27 1947) | Birth | Peter Ham, Welsh singer and songwriter (Badfinger) (died in 1975) | |
| April 27th, 1947 (April 27 1947) | Birth | Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 2003) | |
| April 27th, 1945 (April 27 1945) | Event | World War II: Last German troops are expelled from Finnish Lapland (the last day of World War II going on in Finland). | |
| April 27th, 1945 (April 27 1945) | Event | World War II: The Volkischer Beobachter, the newspaper of the Nazi Party, ceases publication. | |
| April 27th, 1945 (April 27 1945) | Birth | August Wilson, American playwright (died in 2005) | |
| April 27th, 1944 (April 27 1944) | Birth | Michael Fish, British former weather forecaster | Michael Fish Quotes |
| April 27th, 1944 (April 27 1944) | Birth | Cuba Gooding, Sr., American musician (The Main Ingredient) | |
| April 27th, 1943 (April 27 1943) | Birth | Helmut Marko, Austrian racing driver | |
| April 27th, 1942 (April 27 1942) | Birth | Jim Keltner, American drummer | |
| April 27th, 1941 (April 27 1941) | Event | World War II: German troops enter Athens. | |
| April 27th, 1941 (April 27 1941) | Birth | Lee Roy Jordan, American football player | |
| April 27th, 1941 (April 27 1941) | Death | Penelope Delta, Greek author (born in 1874) | |
| April 27th, 1939 (April 27 1939) | Birth | Judy Carne, British actress and comedian | |
| April 27th, 1939 (April 27 1939) | Birth | Stanislaw Dziwisz, Polish Cardinal | |
| April 27th, 1938 (April 27 1938) | Birth | Earl Anthony, American bowler (died in 2001) | |
| April 27th, 1938 (April 27 1938) | Birth | Alain Caron, Quebec ice hockey player (died in 1986) | |
| April 27th, 1937 (April 27 1937) | Birth | Sandy Dennis, American actress (died in 1992) | |
| April 27th, 1937 (April 27 1937) | Birth | Robin Eames, Northern Irish clergyman | |
| April 27th, 1937 (April 27 1937) | Death | Antonio Gramsci, Italian Communist writer and politician (born in 1891) | Antonio Gramsci Quotes |
| April 27th, 1936 (April 27 1936) | Event | The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor. | |
| April 27th, 1936 (April 27 1936) | Birth | Geoffrey Shovelton, English opera singer | |
| April 27th, 1936 (April 27 1936) | Death | Karl Pearson, English statistician (born in 1857) | |
| April 27th, 1933 (April 27 1933) | Event | Jessop & Son department store in Nottingham, England, acquired by John Lewis Partnership. The partnership s first shop outside London. | |
| April 27th, 1932 (April 27 1932) | Birth | Anouk Aimee, French actress | |
| April 27th, 1932 (April 27 1932) | Birth | Pik Botha, South African politician | Pik Botha Quotes |
| April 27th, 1932 (April 27 1932) | Birth | Casey Kasem, American disc jockey | |
| April 27th, 1932 (April 27 1932) | Birth | Gian-Carlo Rota, Italian-born mathematician and philosopher (died in 1999) | Philo Quotes |
| April 27th, 1932 (April 27 1932) | Death | Hart Crane, American writer (born in 1899) | |
| April 27th, 1931 (April 27 1931) | Birth | Igor Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist | |
| April 27th, 1927 (April 27 1927) | Event | Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmery) are created. | |
| April 27th, 1927 (April 27 1927) | Birth | Coretta Scott King, American civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. (died in 2006) | Martin Luther Quotes |
| April 27th, 1927 (April 27 1927) | Birth | Joe Moakley, American politician (died in 2001) | |
| April 27th, 1927 (April 27 1927) | Birth | Karl Alexander Muller, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| April 27th, 1927 (April 27 1927) | Birth | Sheila Scott, English aviatrix (died in 1988) | |
| April 27th, 1922 (April 27 1922) | Birth | Martin Gray, Polish-born American writer, holocaust survivor | |
| April 27th, 1922 (April 27 1922) | Birth | Jack Klugman, American actor | |
| April 27th, 1921 (April 27 1921) | Death | Arthur Mold, English cricketer (born in 1863) | |
| April 27th, 1920 (April 27 1920) | Birth | Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (died in 1956) | |
| April 27th, 1920 (April 27 1920) | Birth | Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet | |
| April 27th, 1920 (April 27 1920) | Birth | Mark Krasnosel skii, Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (died in 1997) | |
| April 27th, 1918 (April 27 1918) | Birth | Sten Rudholm, Swedish jurist, member of the Swedish Academy | |
| April 27th, 1916 (April 27 1916) | Birth | Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (died in 2002) | |
| April 27th, 1915 (April 27 1915) | Death | Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (born in 1872) | |
| April 27th, 1914 (April 27 1914) | Event | Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. | |
| April 27th, 1913 (April 27 1913) | Birth | Philip Hauge Abelson, American physicist (died in 2004) | |
| April 27th, 1911 (April 27 1911) | Event | Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate. | |
| April 27th, 1909 (April 27 1909) | Event | Sultan of Turkey Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V. | |
| April 27th, 1906 (April 27 1906) | Birth | Yorgos Theotokas, Greek novelist (died in 1966) | |
| April 27th, 1904 (April 27 1904) | Event | The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson. | |
| April 27th, 1904 (April 27 1904) | Birth | Cecil Day-Lewis, Irish poet and writer (died in 1972) | Cecil Day Lewis Quotes |
| April 27th, 1903 (April 27 1903) | Birth | Horace Stoneham, American Major league baseball owner (died in 1990) | Horace Quotes |
| April 27th, 1899 (April 27 1899) | Birth | Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (died in 1994) | |
| April 27th, 1896 (April 27 1896) | Birth | Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player (died in 1963) | |
| April 27th, 1896 (April 27 1896) | Death | Henry Parkes, known as the Father of Federation (born in 1815) | |
| April 27th, 1894 (April 27 1894) | Birth | George Petty, WWII Pin-Up Artist (died in 1975) | |
| April 27th, 1894 (April 27 1894) | Birth | Nicolas Slonimsky, Russian-born musicologist and composer (died in 1995) | |
| April 27th, 1893 (April 27 1893) | Birth | Dragoljub Mihailovic, commandant of the Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland (died in 1946) | |
| April 27th, 1893 (April 27 1893) | Birth | Allen Sothoron, American baseball player (died in 1939) | |
| April 27th, 1891 (April 27 1891) | Birth | Sergei Prokofiev, Soviet composer (died in 1953) | Sergei Prokofiev Quotes |
| April 27th, 1888 (April 27 1888) | Birth | Florence La Badie, Canadian actress (died in 1917) | |
| April 27th, 1882 (April 27 1882) | Death | Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist (born in 1803) | Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes |
| April 27th, 1878 (April 27 1878) | Birth | Frank Alvin Gotch, American professional wrestler (died in 1917) | |
| April 27th, 1873 (April 27 1873) | Death | William Charles Macready, English actor (born in 1793) | |
| April 27th, 1865 (April 27 1865) | Event | The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state s land grant institution. | |
| April 27th, 1865 (April 27 1865) | Event | The steamboat Sultana, carrying 2,400 passengers, explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River, killing 1,700, most of whom were Union survivors of the Andersonville Prison. | |
| April 27th, 1861 (April 27 1861) | Event | President of the United States Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus. | Abraham Lincoln Quotes |
| April 27th, 1853 (April 27 1853) | Birth | Jules Lemaitre, French critic and dramatist (died in 1914) | |
| April 27th, 1850 (April 27 1850) | Birth | Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (died in 1921) | |
| April 27th, 1848 (April 27 1848) | Birth | King Otto I of Bavaria (died in 1916) | |
| April 27th, 1840 (April 27 1840) | Event | Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry. | |
| April 27th, 1840 (April 27 1840) | Birth | Edward Whymper, English mountain climber (died in 1911) | |
| April 27th, 1822 (April 27 1822) | Birth | Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and 18th President of the United States (died in 1885) | Ulysses S. Grant Quotes |
| April 27th, 1820 (April 27 1820) | Birth | Herbert Spencer, English philosopher (died in 1903) | Herbert Spencer Quotes |
| April 27th, 1813 (April 27 1813) | Event | War of 1812: United States troops capture the capital of Ontario, York (present day Toronto, Canada). | |
| April 27th, 1813 (April 27 1813) | Death | Zebulon Pike, American frontiersman and explorer (born in 1779) | |
| April 27th, 1812 (April 27 1812) | Birth | Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (died in 1883) | |
| April 27th, 1812 (April 27 1812) | Birth | William W. Snow, American politician (died in 1886) | |
| April 27th, 1810 (April 27 1810) | Event | Beethoven composes his famous piano piece, Fur Elise. | |
| April 27th, 1806 (April 27 1806) | Birth | Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (died in 1878) | |
| April 27th, 1805 (April 27 1805) | Event | First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the Marines hymn). | |
| April 27th, 1791 (April 27 1791) | Birth | Samuel F. B. Morse, American inventor (died in 1872) | |
| April 27th, 1782 (April 27 1782) | Death | William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (born in 1710) | |
| April 27th, 1777 (April 27 1777) | Event | The Battle of Ridgefield: An British invasion force engaged and defeated Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War. | |
| April 27th, 1773 (April 27 1773) | Event | The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Tea Act, designed to save the British East India Company by granting it a monopoly on the North American tea trade. | |
| April 27th, 1759 (April 27 1759) | Birth | Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (died in 1797) | |
| April 27th, 1755 (April 27 1755) | Birth | Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (died in 1836) | |
| April 27th, 1749 (April 27 1749) | Event | First performance of Handel s Fireworks Music in Green Park, London. | |
| April 27th, 1748 (April 27 1748) | Birth | Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (died in 1833) | |
| April 27th, 1737 (April 27 1737) | Birth | Edward Gibbon, English historian (died in 1794) | Edward Gibbon Quotes |
| April 27th, 1724 (April 27 1724) | Birth | Col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (died in 1775) | |
| April 27th, 1718 (April 27 1718) | Birth | Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (died in 1790) | Lewis Thomas Quotes |
| April 27th, 1702 (April 27 1702) | Death | Jean Bart, French admiral (born in 1651) | |
| April 27th, 1701 (April 27 1701) | Birth | King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (died in 1773) | |
| April 27th, 1695 (April 27 1695) | Death | John Trenchard, English statesman (born in 1640) | |
| April 27th, 1694 (April 27 1694) | Death | John George IV, Elector of Saxony (born in 1668) | |
| April 27th, 1667 (April 27 1667) | Event | The blind and impoverished, John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for ?10. | John Milton Quotes |
| April 27th, 1656 (April 27 1656) | Death | Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (born in 1596) | |
| April 27th, 1650 (April 27 1650) | Event | The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army invades mainland Scotland from Orkney Island but is defeated by a Covenanter army. | |
| April 27th, 1650 (April 27 1650) | Birth | Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, queen of Denmark and Norway (died in 1714) | |
| April 27th, 1625 (April 27 1625) | Death | Mori Terumoto, Japanese warrior (born in 1553) | |
| April 27th, 1623 (April 27 1623) | Birth | Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (died in 1722) | |
| April 27th, 1613 (April 27 1613) | Death | Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (born in 1532) | |
| April 27th, 1605 (April 27 1605) | Death | Pope Leo XI (born in 1535) | |
| April 27th, 1599 (April 27 1599) | Death | Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (born in 1538) | |
| April 27th, 1578 (April 27 1578) | Event | Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favorites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise. | |
| April 27th, 1565 (April 27 1565) | Event | Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines. | |
| April 27th, 1539 (April 27 1539) | Event | Re-founding of the city of Bogota, New Granada (nowadays Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastian de Belalcazar. | |
| April 27th, 1530 (April 27 1530) | Death | Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (born in 1458) | |
| April 27th, 1521 (April 27 1521) | Event | Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu. | |
| April 27th, 1521 (April 27 1521) | Death | Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer (born in 1480) | |
| April 27th, 1509 (April 27 1509) | Event | Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict. | |
| April 27th, 1495 (April 27 1495) | Birth | Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died in 1566) | |
| April 27th, 1404 (April 27 1404) | Death | Philip II, Duke of Burgundy (born in 1342) | |
| April 27th, 1296 (April 27 1296) | Event | Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England. | |
| April 27th, 1124 (April 27 1124) | Event | David I becomes King of Scotland. | |
| April 27th, 0630 (April 27 0630) | Death | King Ardashir III of Persia | |
