Famous Birthdays In April - 27

1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on April - 27.   

1495  On April - 27 birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)   

1623  On this day in history 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  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on April - 27.   

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

1724  On April - 27 birth of col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775)   

1737  On this day in history birth of edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp)   

1748  Adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833) was born on April - 27.   

1755  Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836) was born on this day in history.   

1759  On April - 27 birth of mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)   

1767  On this day in history birth of andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock)   

1791  Samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph) was born on this day in history.   

1802  Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1803  Alfred Julius Becher, composer was born on April - 27.   

1806  Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878) was born on April - 27.   

1812  On this day in history birth of friedrich von Flotow, composer   

1812  William W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886) was born on this day in history.   

1820  On April - 27 birth of herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)   

1822  Ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77) was born on April - 27.   

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

1828  On this day in history birth of gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher   

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

1840  Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) was born on April - 27.   

1848  On April - 27 birth of king Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916)   

1850  Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921) was born on this day in history.   

1853  On this day in history birth of jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914)   

1861  On this day in history birth of georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer   

1861  On this day in history birth of johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte)   

1865  Emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars) was born on April - 27.   

1869  On this day in history birth of william Victor Harris, composer   

1871  Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1076  Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies on this day in history.   

1124  On April - 27 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 April - 27 death of ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50   

1599  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on this day in history.   

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

1613  On April - 27 death of robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)