Famous Birthdays In October - 27

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

1401  On October - 27 birth of catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)  

1466  Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536) was born on October - 27.  

1728  James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands was born on this day in history.  

1739  On October - 27 birth of franz Ignaz Kaa, composer  

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

1746  On this day in history birth of georg Anton Kreusser, composer  

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

1762  On this day in history birth of gijsbert K van Hogendorp, Dutch count/minister of Foreign affairs  

1775  Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer was born on October - 27.  

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1782  On October - 27 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  On this day in history birth of peter "Peerke" Donders, Dutch RC missionary to Suriname  

1811  On this day in history birth of issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine)  

1811  Stevens Thomson Mason, first Governor of Michigan (d. 1843) was born on October - 27.  

1814  On this day in history birth of daniel H. Wells, Mormon leader and politician (d. 1891)  

1817  Antoni Katski, composer was born on October - 27.  

1828  On October - 27 birth of jacob Dolson Cox, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900  

1829  Christopher Columbus Andres, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) was born on October - 27.  

1838  On this day in history birth of john Davis Long, 32nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915)  

1842  Giovanni Giolitti, 5x premier of Italy (1892..1921) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1876  On this day in history birth of jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Un Soir Un Train)  

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

1885  On this day in history birth of sigrid Hjertén, Swedish modernist painter (d. 1948)  

1889  Enid Bagnold, novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit) was born on October - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

1893  Johan G Dancer, Dutch poet (Meetings) was born on October - 27.  

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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  On this day in history death of elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)  

1331  Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies on this day in history.  

1430  On October - 27 death of vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350)  

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