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 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 April - 27 birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)  

1701  On April - 27 birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia  

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  On April - 27 birth of ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer  

1724  Col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775) was born on April - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1759  Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader) was born on this day in history.  

1767  Andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock) was born on this day in history.  

1791  On this day in history birth of samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)  

1802  Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1803  On this day in history 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  On April - 27 birth of friedrich von Flotow, composer  

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

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 April - 27.  

1824  William Richard Bexfield, composer was born on this day in history.  

1828  Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher was born on this day in history.  

1835  On April - 27 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 this day in history.  

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 April - 27.  

1853  Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

1861  Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer was born on April - 27.  

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

1865  On April - 27 birth of emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars)  

1869  William Victor Harris, composer was born on April - 27.  

1871  Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer was born on this day in history.  

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0630  Death of King Ardashir III of Persia on this day in history.  

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

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