Famous Birthdays In April - 27

1410  On April - 27 birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia  

1495  On April - 27 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  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on this day in history.  

1707  On April - 27 birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens  

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.  

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.  

1724  Col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.  

1737  On April - 27 birth of edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp)  

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1748  On April - 27 birth of adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833)  

1755  On this day in history birth of marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836)  

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

1767  Andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock) was born on April - 27.  

1791  On this day in history birth of samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)  

1802  On April - 27 birth of abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer  

1803  On April - 27 birth of alfred Julius Becher, composer  

1806  On April - 27 birth of maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878)  

1812  On April - 27 birth of friedrich von Flotow, composer  

1812  William W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886) was born on April - 27.  

1820  On this day in history birth of herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)  

1822  Ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77) was born on this day in history.  

1824  On April - 27 birth of william Richard Bexfield, composer  

1828  Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher was born on this day in history.  

1835  John Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27] was born on April - 27.  

1840  On this day in history birth of edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865)  

1848  King Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916) was born on April - 27.  

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

1853  Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

1861  Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer was born on April - 27.  

1861  Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte) was born on this day in history.  

1865  Emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars) was born on this day in history.  

1869  William Victor Harris, composer was born on this day in history.  

1871  On April - 27 birth of arthur Finlay Nevin, composer  

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

1076  On April - 27 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  On April - 27 death of ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50  

1599  On April - 27 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 this day in history.