Historical Events In January - 27

1710  On January - 27 czar Peter the Great sets 1st Russian state budget   

1715  On January - 27 vaclav Kalous, composer   

1720  Samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror) on January - 27.   

1723  On January - 27 johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet   

1731  On January - 27 bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Ital piano builder, dies at 75   

1736  Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland on January - 27.   

1756  On January - 27 wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, musical prodigy/composer (Figaro)   

1763  On this day in history john Theodor of Bavaria, prince-bishop of Liege/cardinal, dies   

1775  On January - 27 friedrich von Schelling, Germany, philosopher (Views on Christianity)   

1778  On this day in history piccinni's opera "Roland" premieres, Paris   

1784  Martin-Joseph Mengal, composer on January - 27.   

1785  First US state university chartered, Athens GA on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history 1st US state university chartered, Athens Georgia   

1802  Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer, dies at 42 on January - 27.   

1805  Samuel Palmer, London, painter/etcher (Valley of Vision) on January - 27.   

1808  David F Strauss, Germany, theologist (Jesus' Life) on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher, dies   

1816  On this day in history samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies   

1822  On January - 27 thomas Leiper Kane, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883   

1823  On January - 27 president Monroe appoints first US ambassadors to South America   

1823  Pres Monroe appoints 1st US ambassadors to South America on January - 27.   

1823  On this day in history edouard-Victoire-Antoine Lalo, France, composer (Symphonie Espagnole)   

1824  On this day in history jozef Israels, Dutch painter   

1825  U.S. Congress approves Indian Territory (in what is present-day Oklahoma), clearing the way for forced relocation of the Eastern Indians on the "Trail of Tears." on this day in history.   

1826  On January - 27 richard Taylor, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879   

1828  Louis Schubert, composer on this day in history.   

1830  Georg Hellmesberger, composer on this day in history.   

1832  Lewis Carroll, [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], auth (Alice in Wonderland) on January - 27.   

1834  On this day in history dmitri Mendeleev, chemist (discovered periodic table of the elements)   

1836  On this day in history leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (masochism)   

1850  On this day in history samuel Gompers, Dutch/US 1st president (American Federation of Labor)   

1850  On January - 27 j Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85   

1851  On this day in history rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega)   

1851  On January - 27 john James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65   

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1443  Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500) was born on January - 27.   

1546  Joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg) was born on this day in history.   

1556  On January - 27 birth of abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629)   

1585  On this day in history birth of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)   

1592  On this day in history birth of pierre de La Barre, composer   

1603  Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.   

1621  On January - 27 birth of thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675)   

1662  On this day in history birth of richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist   

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

0661  Death of Death of Ali, the final Sunni Rashidun and first Shia Imam.(b. 599 or 600) on this day in history.   

0672  On this day in history vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies   

0847  Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies on January - 27.   

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

1490  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435)   

1540  On January - 27 angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies   

1565  On January - 27 robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies