Famous Birthdays In April - 27

1410  John Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia was born on April - 27.  

1495  On this day in history birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)  

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on April - 27.  

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

1701  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on this day in history.  

1707  On this day in history 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 April - 27.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1767  On this day in history birth of andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock)  

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 April - 27.  

1806  Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878) was born on April - 27.  

1812  On this day in history birth of friedrich von Flotow, composer  

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

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 April - 27.  

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

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 April - 27.  

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

1848  King Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916) was born on this day in history.  

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  On April - 27 birth of georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer  

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

1865  Emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars) was born on this day in history.  

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  On April - 27 willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies  

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  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  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 April - 27.