March 27 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays

1841  inaugural US steam fire engine tested, New York NY   

1841  1st US steam fire engine tested, NYC   

1844  Alophus Washington Greely, US, Arctic explorer.   

1845  Wilhelm von Rontgen, German discoverer of X-Rays is born   

1845  Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, Germany, discovered X-rays (Nobel 1901)   

1847  Otto Wallach, Germany, chemist (Nobel 1910).   

1848  John Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster.   

1849  Joseph Couch patents steam-powered percussion rock drill   

1850  Wilhelm Bear, German banker/astronomer (Moon Map), dies at 53   

1851  Ruperto Chapi y Lorente, composer   

1855  Abraham Gesner patents kerosene (can jet fuel be far behind?)   

1855  Abraham Gesner patents kerosene   

1857  Karl Pearson, London England, mathematician   

1858  Peter Christian Lutkin, composer.   

1859  George Giffen, cricketer (one of Australia's greatest all-rounders).   

1860  M L Byrn patents "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle" (corkscrew).   

1861  Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars.   

1863  President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting and prayer.   

1863  Sir Henry Royce, The motor car designer of Rolls Royce fame is born.   

1863  Henry Royce, automobile founder (Rolls-Royce)   

1865  Independent British colony of Kaffaria is incorporated with Cape Colony in South Africa   

1865  Siege of Spanish Fort AL captured by Federals   

1866  Andrew Rankin patents the urinal.   

1866  President Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later is recorded as becoming 14th Amendment.   

1867  Edyth Walker, US singer.   

1868  The Lake Ontario Shore Railroad Company is organized in Oswego, New York   

1868  Patty Smith Hill, author/songwriter (Happy Birthday To You).   

1871  1st international rugby game-Scotland 1, England 0.   

1871  Heinrich Mann, Germany, novelist/essayist (Blue Angel); bros of Thomas   

1878  Sir George Gilbert Scott, English architect whose designs include the Albert memorial in Hyde Park, London, dies   

1878  Dobri Voynikov, composer, dies at 44.   

1879  Longest championship fight (136 rounds)   

1879  Edward Steichen, pioneered American photography   

1881  Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of rigid Temperance by the Salvation Army.   

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0972  King robert ii of france: King robert ii of france (d. 1031)   

1416  Antonio squarcialupi: Composer   

1554  Everhardus van bronchorst: Dutch lawyer   

1627  Stephen fox: English politician   

1665  Benjamin neukirch: German poet (herrn von hofmannswaldau)   

1676  Francis ii rákóczi: Leader of the hungarian uprising against the habsburg   

1696  Antoine court: French huguenot minister   

1702  Johann ernst eberlin: Composer   

0710  Death of Rupert of salzburg: Rupert of salzburg   

0922  Death of Al-hallaj al-mughith-al-hsayn mansur: Persian mystic, beheaded at 64   

0965  Arnulf i: The elder/the great, count of flanders (918-65),   

0973  Herman: Duke of saxony   

1378  Death of Gregory xi: [pierre r the beaufort], last french pope (1370-78),   

1462  Death of Vasili ii of russia: Grand prince of moscow (b. 1415)   

1472  Death of Janus pannonius: Hungarian poet/translator,   

1482  Death of Maria: Duchess of burgundy/countess of holland,