Deaths on April 27

Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell

Died on April 27, 1607

Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell, Governor of Lecale (b. 1560)

Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell (c. 1559– 27 April 1607) was an English peer. He was the son of Henry Cromwell, 2nd Baron Cromwell by his wife Mary, daughter of John Paulet, 2nd Marquess of Winchester and his first wife Elizabeth Willoughby. His grandfather, Gregory, son of Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to Henry VIII, was created Baron Cromwell on 18 December 1540.

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Events on 1607

30 Jan

Bristol Channel floods, 1607
An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
24 Feb

Claudio Monteverdi
L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
25 Apr

Battle of Gibraltar (1607)
Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar.
5 Oct

Paolo Sarpi
Assassins sent by Pope Paul V attempt to kill Venetian statesman and scientist Paolo Sarpi, who survives fifteen stiletto thrusts.

Deaths on April 27

Edward Cromwell, 3rd Baron Cromwell

Died on April 27, 1607

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Events on 1607

Bristol Channel floods, 1607

Claudio Monteverdi

Battle of Gibraltar (1607)

Paolo Sarpi