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 this day in history 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 April - 27.  

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  Edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp) was born on April - 27.  

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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  Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader) was born on April - 27.  

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

1822  On this day in history birth of ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)  

1824  William Richard Bexfield, composer was born on April - 27.  

1828  Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher was born on April - 27.  

1835  On this day in history 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  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  On April - 27 birth of jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914)  

1861  Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer was born on this day in history.  

1861  Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte) was born on April - 27.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1404  On April - 27 philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62  

1521  On this day in history death of ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50  

1599  On this day in history 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  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on April - 27.