Famous Personalities Born In April - 27
Thursday, 18 December 2025
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 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 this day in history. 

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 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on April - 27. 

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

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 April - 27 birth of alfred Julius Becher, composer 

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 this day in history. 

1820 On April - 27 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 this day in history. 

1835 John Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27] was born on this day in history. 

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

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 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 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 this day in history birth of arthur Finlay Nevin, composer 

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