Historical Events In January - 27

1710  On this day in history czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget  

1715  Vaclav Kalous, composer on January - 27.  

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

1723  On this day in history johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet  

1731  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Ital piano builder, dies at 75 on January - 27.  

1736  Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland on January - 27.  

1756  On January - 27 wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, musical prodigy/composer (Figaro)  

1763  On January - 27 john Theodor of Bavaria, prince-bishop of Liege/cardinal, dies  

1775  On this day in history friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity)  

1778  Piccinni's opera "Roland" premieres, Paris on January - 27.  

1784  Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer on this day in history.  

1785  First US state university chartered, Athens GA on January - 27.  

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

1802  Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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

1808  On January - 27 david F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life)  

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

1816  Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history thomas Leiper Kane, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883  

1823  President Monroe appoints first US ambassadors to South America on this day in history.  

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

1823  Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole) on January - 27.  

1824  On this day in history jozef Israels, Dutch painter  

1825  On January - 27 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."  

1826  Richard Taylor, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879 on this day in history.  

1828  Louis Schubert, composer on January - 27.  

1830  On January - 27 georg Hellmesberger, composer  

1832  On this day in history lewis Carroll, [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], auth (Alice in Wonderland)  

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

1836  On January - 27 leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (masochism)  

1850  On January - 27 samuel Gompers, Dutch/US 1st president (American Federation of Labor)  

1850  J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85 on January - 27.  

1851  On January - 27 rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega)  

1851  John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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1443  Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500) was born on this day in history.  

1546  On January - 27 birth of joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg)  

1556  Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629) was born on January - 27.  

1585  On this day in history birth of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)  

1592  On this day in history birth of pierre de La Barre, composer  

1603  Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685) was born on January - 27.  

1621  Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675) was born on January - 27.  

1662  Richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist was born on this day in history.  

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

0661  On this day in history death of death of Ali, the final Sunni Rashidun and first Shia Imam.(b. 599 or 600)  

0672  On January - 27 vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies  

0847  Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies on January - 27.  

1164  Abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies on January - 27.  

1490  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435) on this day in history.  

1540  Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies on this day in history.  

1565  On January - 27 robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies