Famous Birthdays In April - 27

1410  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history 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  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)  

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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  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 this day in history.  

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

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

1812  On April - 27 birth of friedrich von Flotow, composer  

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

1820  On this day in history 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  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 April - 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 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  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 this day in history.  

1869  William Victor Harris, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1599  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on this day in history.  

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

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