Page 2: Historical Events In January - 27

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

1715  On this day in history vaclav Kalous, composer   

1720  On this day in history samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror)   

1723  Johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet on January - 27.   

1731  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history martin-Joseph Mengal, composer   

1785  First US state university chartered, Athens GA on this day in history.   

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

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

1805  Samuel Palmer, London, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision) on this day in history.   

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

1814  On January - 27 johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher, dies   

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

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

1823  On this day in history 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  On January - 27 jozef Israels, Dutch painter   

1825  On this day in history 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  On this day in history richard Taylor, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879   

1828  Louis Schubert, composer on January - 27.   

1830  On January - 27 georg Hellmesberger, composer   

1832  On January - 27 lewis Carroll, [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], auth (Alice in Wonderland)   

1834  Dmitri Mendeleev, chemist (discovered periodic table of the elements) on January - 27.   

1836  On this day in history leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (masochism)   

1850  Samuel Gompers, Dutch/US 1st president (American Federation of Labor) on this day in history.   

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

1851  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)   

1546  On this day in history birth of joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg)   

1556  On this day in history birth of abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629)   

1585  On January - 27 birth of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)   

1592  Pierre de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1662  On January - 27 birth of richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist   

0098  On January - 27 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 this day in history.   

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

1164  On this day in history abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies   

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

1540  On January - 27 angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies   

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