Famous Birthdays In April - 27

1410  On this day in history birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia   

1495  Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) was born on this day in history.   

1623  On this day in history birth of johann Adam Reincken, composer   

1650  On this day in history birth of charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714)   

1701  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia was born on April - 27.   

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on this day in history.   

1718  Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.   

1724  Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  On this day in history birth of col. Thomas Gardner, a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775)   

1737  Edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp) was born on this day in history.   

1748  On April - 27 birth of adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833)   

1755  Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (d. 1836) was born on April - 27.   

1759  Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader) was born on this day in history.   

1767  On this day in history birth of andreas Jakob Romberg, German violinist/composer (Song of the Clock)   

1791  On this day in history birth of samuel Finley Breece Morse, US painter/inventor (telegraph)   

1802  Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer was born on April - 27.   

1803  Alfred Julius Becher, composer was born on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history birth of maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878)   

1812  On this day in history birth of friedrich von Flotow, composer   

1812  William W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886) was born on this day in history.   

1820  On April - 27 birth of herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)   

1822  On this day in history birth of ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77)   

1824  William Richard Bexfield, composer was born on April - 27.   

1828  Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher was born on this day in history.   

1835  On April - 27 birth of john Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27]   

1840  On this day in history birth of edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865)   

1848  On this day in history birth of king Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916)   

1850  Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (d. 1921) was born on April - 27.   

1853  Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914) was born on April - 27.   

1861  On this day in history birth of georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer   

1861  On April - 27 birth of johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte)   

1865  On this day in history birth of emile Erens, Dutch Hagiographer (Pastor of Ars)   

1869  William Victor Harris, composer was born on this day in history.   

1871  On April - 27 birth of arthur Finlay Nevin, composer   

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0630  On this day in history death of king Ardashir III of Persia   

1076  On April - 27 willem, bishop of Utrecht (1054-76), murderer of earl Floris I, dies   

1124  Alexander I, king of Scotland (1107-24), dies on April - 27.   

1404  On April - 27 philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62   

1521  On April - 27 death of ferdinand Magellan, world traveler, killed by Filipino natives at 50   

1599  Death of Maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538) on this day in history.   

1605  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69 on April - 27.   

1613  On this day in history death of robert Abercromby, Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532)