Famous Birthdays In October - 27

1156  Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222) was born on October - 27.  

1401  Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437) was born on this day in history.  

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

1728  On October - 27 birth of james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands  

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

1744  On this day in history birth of mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)  

1746  On October - 27 birth of georg Anton Kreusser, composer  

1760  On October - 27 birth of august W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal  

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

1775  On this day in history birth of traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer  

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

1800  On this day in history birth of benjamin Franklin Wade, MC (Union), died in 1878  

1809  On October - 27 birth of peter "Peerke" Donders, Dutch RC missionary to Suriname  

1811  On October - 27 birth of issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  Klas Arnoldson, Sweden, politician/pacifist (Nobel 1908) was born on October - 27.  

1854  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer (Etiquette)  

1873  On this day in history birth of henry Tate, composer  

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

1877  On this day in history birth of george Thompson, English cricketer (d. 1943)  

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

1889  On October - 27 birth of enid Bagnold, novelist (Chalk Garden, 1956 Award of Merit)  

1892  On this day in history birth of graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira  

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 October - 27.  

0939  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on this day in history.  

1271  Death of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213) on this day in history.  

1312  On October - 27 death of john II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)  

1327  Death of Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289) on this day in history.  

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  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 on October - 27.