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  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on this day in history.  

1650  Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on April - 27.  

1701  On April - 27 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 April - 27.  

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

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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 April - 27.  

1759  On this day in history birth of mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)  

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 this day in history.  

1803  On April - 27 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 April - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1828  On this day in history birth of gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher  

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

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

1848  On April - 27 birth of king Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916)  

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

1853  On this day in history birth of jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914)  

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

1861  On April - 27 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 April - 27.  

1076  Willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies on April - 27.  

1124  On this day in history alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies  

1404  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1521  Death of Ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50 on this day in history.  

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)