Famous Birthdays In April - 27

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

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on April - 27.  

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  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia  

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 April - 27.  

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

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

1748  On this day in history birth of adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833)  

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

1791  On April - 27 birth of samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)  

1802  Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer was born on April - 27.  

1803  On this day in history birth of alfred Julius Becher, composer  

1806  Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878) was born on this day in history.  

1812  Friedrich von Flotow, composer was born on this day in history.  

1812  On April - 27 birth of william W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886)  

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 April - 27 birth of gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher  

1835  John Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27] was born on April - 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  On this day in history birth of hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921)  

1853  On April - 27 birth of jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914)  

1861  On April - 27 birth of georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer  

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 April - 27.  

1869  William Victor Harris, composer was born on April - 27.  

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

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0630  On this day in history death of king Ardashir III of Persia  

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

1124  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on this day in history.  

1404  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on April - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

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