Historical Events In January - 27

1857  On this day in history dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72  

1858  Neel [Cornelia H] Doff, Dutch/French/Belgian painter's model/writer on January - 27.  

1858  Gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1859  On January - 27 wilhelm II, Potsdam, German emperor (1888-1918)  

1859  Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1864  Battle of Fair Gardens, Tennessee on January - 27.  

1864  Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford VA on this day in history.  

1864  Battle of Fair Gardens, TN on January - 27.  

1864  On January - 27 franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59  

1866  On January - 27 john Gibson, sculptor, dies  

1867  On this day in history claude Antoine Terrasse, composer  

1868  Cato Engelen-Sewing, Dutch soprano prima donna (Dutch Opera) on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history will Marion Cook, composer  

1870  On this day in history after accepting 15th amendment, Virginia is readmitted to Union  

1870  First sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw University in Greencastle IN) on January - 27.  

1870  Manitoba &Northwest Territories incorporated on January - 27.  

1870  1st sorority (Kappa Alpha Theta) (DePauw U in Greencastle, Indiana) on this day in history.  

1872  Learned Hand, Albany NY, Chief judge (US Court of Appeals) on this day in history.  

1880  Thomas A. Edison receives a U.S. patent for the electric incandescent light bulb on this day in history.  

1880  On this day in history thomas Edison patents electric incandescent lamp  

1882  Giuseppe Prezzolini, Italy, writer (La Voce, La Cultura Italiano) on January - 27.  

1885  On this day in history jerome Kern, NYC, Broadway composer (Showboat, Roberta)  

1886  First British government of Salisbury resigns on this day in history.  

1886  On this day in history 1st British govt of Salisbury resigns  

1887  Carl Blegen, Minneapolis, archaeologist (excavator at Troy, Pylos) on January - 27.  

1888  On January - 27 the National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.  

1888  National Geographic Society organizes (Wash DC) on January - 27.  

1888  National Geographic Society founded in Washington, DC, US on January - 27.  

1889  On this day in history balthasar van der Pol, physicist (Comparison of Van der Pol)  

1889  Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1891  Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant PA on this day in history.  

1891  Mine explosion kills 109 at Mount Pleasant Pennsylvania on January - 27.  

1891  On this day in history ilja Ehrenburg, writer  

1892  On this day in history mitya Stillman, composer  

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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 January - 27.  

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

0098  On January - 27 marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67  

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

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

0847  Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies on this day in history.  

1164  Abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies on this day in history.  

1490  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435) on January - 27.  

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

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