Famous Birthdays In April - 27

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

1495  On April - 27 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  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 April - 27.  

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on April - 27.  

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 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 April - 27 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  Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader) was born on April - 27.  

1767  On April - 27 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  On April - 27 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  On this day in history birth of william W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886)  

1820  On April - 27 birth of herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)  

1822  On April - 27 birth of ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)  

1824  On this day in history birth of william Richard Bexfield, composer  

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

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

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  On this day in history birth of william Victor Harris, composer  

1871  Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer was born on April - 27.  

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

1076  On this day in history willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies  

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

1404  On April - 27 philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62  

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

1599  On this day in history death of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)  

1605  On this day in history leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69  

1613  Death of Robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) on this day in history.