Famous Personalities Born In January - 27
Wednesday, 12 February 2025
1443 Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500) was born on this day in history.
1546 Joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg) was born on January - 27.
1556 On this day in history birth of abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629)
1585 Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634) was born on January - 27.
1592 Pierre de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.
1603 On January - 27 birth of harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685)
1621 Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.
1662 On January - 27 birth of richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist
1679 On this day in history birth of jean-Francois de Troy, French painter
1701 Johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan (bishop) was born on this day in history.
1715 Vaclav Kalous, composer was born on January - 27.
1720 On January - 27 birth of samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror)
1723 Johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet was born on January - 27.
1741 Hester Thrale, Welsh diarist (d. 1821) was born on this day in history.
1756 On this day in history birth of wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, musical prodigy/composer (Figaro)
1775 Friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity) was born on this day in history.
1775 On this day in history birth of manuel del Popolo Vicente Rodriguez Garcia, Spanish tenor/composer
1784 On this day in history birth of martin-Joseph Mengal, composer
1805 Samuel Palmer, London, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision) was born on January - 27.
1805 Sophie of Bavaria, archduchess of Austria (d. 1872) was born on January - 27.
1805 Maria Anna of Bavaria, queen consort of Saxony (d. 1877) was born on this day in history.
1806 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Spanish composer (d. 1826) was born on January - 27.
1808 David F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life) was born on January - 27.
1814 On January - 27 birth of eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect (d. 1879)
1821 John Chivington, American officer, (d. 1892) was born on January - 27.
1822 On this day in history birth of thomas Leiper Kane, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1823 Edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole) was born on this day in history.
1824 Jozef Israels, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.
1826 On this day in history birth of richard Taylor, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879
1828 Louis Schubert, composer was born on this day in history.
1828 On January - 27 birth of samuel Allen Rice, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1830 On this day in history birth of georg Hellmesberger, composer
1830 On January - 27 birth of william Henry Fitzhugh Payne, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1832 On this day in history birth of lewis Carroll, [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], auth (Alice in Wonderland)