Famous Birthdays In April - 27

1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on this day in history.  

1495  On this day in history 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  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  On April - 27 birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)  

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

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

1737  Edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp) was born on April - 27.  

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

1755  On April - 27 birth of marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836)  

1759  On this day in history 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  On April - 27 birth of abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer  

1803  Alfred Julius Becher, composer was born on this day in history.  

1806  On this day in history birth of maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878)  

1812  Friedrich von Flotow, composer was born on April - 27.  

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

1820  Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1840  On April - 27 birth of edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865)  

1848  On this day in history birth of king Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916)  

1850  Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921) was born on April - 27.  

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  On this day in history birth of emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars)  

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  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 April - 27.  

1124  On April - 27 alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies  

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

1521  Death of Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 on April - 27.  

1599  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on April - 27.  

1605  On April - 27 leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69  

1613  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on this day in history.