Famous Birthdays In April - 27

1410  On April - 27 birth of john Van Lannoy, Flemish governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia   

1495  On April - 27 birth of suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)   

1623  Johann Adam Reincken, composer was born on this day in history.   

1650  Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) was born on April - 27.   

1701  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia   

1707  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens was born on April - 27.   

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 April - 27.   

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

1737  On this day in history birth of edward Gibson, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Emp)   

1748  On this day in history birth of adamantios Korais, Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833)   

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

1759  On this day in history birth of mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)   

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

1791  On April - 27 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  Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, queen of Spain (d. 1878) was born on April - 27.   

1812  Friedrich von Flotow, composer was born on this day in history.   

1812  William W. Snow, American politician (d. 1886) was born on April - 27.   

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

1822  Ulysses S Grant, [Hiram], Ohio (R), 18th president (1869-77) was born on this day in history.   

1824  William Richard Bexfield, composer was born on this day in history.   

1828  Gerben Colmjon, Dutch Frisian linguist/publisher was born on April - 27.   

1835  On this day in history birth of john Murray Corse, Pitts, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) [or 9/27]   

1840  Edward Whymper, 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) was born on this day in history.   

1848  King Otto I of Bavaria (d. 1916) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1861  Johan M Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte) was born on April - 27.   

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

1869  William Victor Harris, composer was born on April - 27.   

1871  Arthur Finlay Nevin, composer was born on this day in history.   

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0630  Death of King Ardashir III of Persia on April - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

1404  Philip, the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at 62 on April - 27.   

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

1599  On April - 27 death of maeda Toshiie, Japanese general (b. 1538)   

1605  Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italian Pope (1605), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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