Historical Events In January - 27

1710  Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget on this day in history.   

1715  On this day in history vaclav Kalous, composer   

1720  Samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror) on this day in history.   

1723  On January - 27 johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet   

1731  On January - 27 bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Ital piano builder, dies at 75   

1736  Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland on this day in history.   

1756  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, musical prodigy/composer (Figaro) on this day in history.   

1763  On this day in history john Theodor of Bavaria, prince-bishop of Liege/cardinal, dies   

1775  Friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity) on January - 27.   

1778  On January - 27 piccinni's opera "Roland" premieres, Paris   

1784  On January - 27 martin-Joseph Mengal, composer   

1785  On January - 27 first US state university chartered, Athens GA   

1785  1st US state university chartered, Athens Georgia on January - 27.   

1802  On January - 27 johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer, dies at 42   

1805  On January - 27 samuel Palmer, London, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision)   

1808  David F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life) on January - 27.   

1814  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher, dies   

1816  On January - 27 samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies   

1822  Thomas Leiper Kane, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 on January - 27.   

1823  On January - 27 president Monroe appoints first US ambassadors to South America   

1823  On January - 27 pres Monroe appoints 1st US ambassadors to South America   

1823  On January - 27 edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole)   

1824  Jozef Israels, Dutch painter on January - 27.   

1825  U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears." on January - 27.   

1826  On January - 27 richard Taylor, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879   

1828  Louis Schubert, composer on this day in history.   

1830  On this day in history georg Hellmesberger, composer   

1832  Lewis Carroll, [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], auth (Alice in Wonderland) on January - 27.   

1834  On this day in history dmitri Mendeleev, chemist (discovered periodic table of the elements)   

1836  Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (masochism) on this day in history.   

1850  On this day in history samuel Gompers, Dutch/US 1st president (American Federation of Labor)   

1850  J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1851  Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega) on this day in history.   

1851  On January - 27 john James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65   

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1443  On January - 27 birth of albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)   

1546  Joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg) was born on this day in history.   

1556  Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629) was born on this day in history.   

1585  Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634) was born on January - 27.   

1592  Pierre de La Barre, composer was born on January - 27.   

1603  On this day in history birth of harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685)   

1621  On this day in history birth of thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675)   

1662  On this day in history birth of richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist   

0098  On this day in history marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67   

0661  Death of Death of Ali, the final Sunni Rashidun and first Shia Imam.(b. 599 or 600) on January - 27.   

0672  Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies on January - 27.   

0847  On this day in history sergius II, pope (844-47), dies   

1164  On January - 27 abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies   

1490  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435)   

1540  On this day in history angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies   

1565  On this day in history robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies