Famous Birthdays In October - 27

1156  On October - 27 birth of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)   

1401  On this day in history birth of catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)   

1466  On October - 27 birth of erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)   

1728  On this day in history birth of james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands   

1739  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.   

1746  Georg Anton Kreusser, composer was born on this day in history.   

1760  August W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.   

1762  Gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch count/minister of Foreign affairs was born on this day in history.   

1775  Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer was born on this day in history.   

1782  On this day in history birth of niccolo Paganini, Genoa It, composer/violin virtuoso (Princess Lucca)   

1800  Benjamin Franklin Wade, MC (Union), died in 1878 was born on this day in history.   

1809  Peter "Peerke" Donders, Dutch RC missionary to Suriname was born on October - 27.   

1811  Issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine) was born on October - 27.   

1811  On this day in history birth of stevens Thomson Mason, first Governor of Michigan (d. 1843)   

1814  Daniel H. Wells, Mormon leader and politician (d. 1891) was born on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history birth of antoni Katski, composer   

1828  On this day in history birth of jacob Dolson Cox, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900   

1829  On October - 27 birth of christopher Columbus Andres, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1838  John Davis Long, 32nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915) was born on October - 27.   

1842  Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921) was born on October - 27.   

1844  On October - 27 birth of klas Arnoldson, Sweden, politician/pacifist (Nobel 1908)   

1854  On October - 27 birth of sir William Smith, Scottish founder of the Boys' Brigade (d. 1914)   

1858  On October - 27 birth of theodore Roosevelt, NYC, (R) 26th Pres (1901-09; Nobel 1906)   

1865  Charles Spencelayh, English painter (d. 1958) was born on October - 27.   

1872  Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette) was born on October - 27.   

1873  Henry Tate, composer was born on October - 27.   

1876  On October - 27 birth of jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Un Soir Un Train)   

1877  On October - 27 birth of george Thompson, English cricketer (d. 1943)   

1885  Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish modernist painter (d. 1948) was born on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history birth of enid Bagnold, novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit)   

1892  Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira was born on October - 27.   

1892  Victor E van Vriesland, Dutch poet/critic (Mirror of Dutch Poetry) was born on October - 27.   

1893  On this day in history birth of johan G Dancer, Dutch poet (Meetings)   

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0925  Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies on this day in history.   

0939  On October - 27 aethelstan III, king of England, dies   

1271  On October - 27 death of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)   

1312  Death of John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275) on October - 27.   

1327  Death of Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289) on October - 27.   

1331  Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies on October - 27.   

1430  Death of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350) on October - 27.   

1439  On this day in history albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42