Top Historical Events That Happened on January 27 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1710  Czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget   

1715  Vaclav Kalous, composer   

1720  Samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror)   

1723  Johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet.   

1731  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Ital piano builder, dies at 75.   

1736  Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland   

1756  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, musical prodigy/composer (Figaro).   

1763  John Theodor of Bavaria, prince-bishop of Liege/cardinal, dies   

1775  Friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity)   

1778  Piccinni's opera "Roland" premieres, Paris   

1784  Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer   

1785  inaugural US state university chartered, Athens GA.   

1785  1st US state university chartered, Athens Georgia.   

1802  Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer, dies at 42.   

1805  Samuel Palmer, London, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision).   

1808  David F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life)   

1814  Johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher, dies   

1816  Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies   

1822  Thomas Leiper Kane, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883   

1823  President Monroe appoints inaugural US ambassadors to South America.   

1823  Pres Monroe appoints 1st US ambassadors to South America.   

1823  Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole)   

1824  Jozef Israels, Dutch painter.   

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.".   

1826  Richard Taylor, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879.   

1828  Louis Schubert, composer.   

1830  Georg Hellmesberger, composer.   

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

1834  Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist (discovered periodic table of the elements).   

1836  Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (masochism)   

1850  Samuel Gompers, Dutch/US 1st president (American Federation of Labor)   

1850  J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85   

1851  Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega).   

1851  John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65   

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