Famous Birthdays In April - 27

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

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on April - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

1701  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia  

1707  On this day in history birth of john Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens  

1718  On this day in history birth of thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790)  

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

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1748  On April - 27 birth of adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833)  

1755  On this day in history birth of marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836)  

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

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  On April - 27 birth of abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1820  Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics) was born on this day in history.  

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  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 April - 27.  

1848  On this day in history birth of king Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916)  

1850  Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921) was born on April - 27.  

1853  On April - 27 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  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  Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer was born on April - 27.  

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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  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on April - 27.  

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 April - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

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