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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Feb 27 1691

    Edward Cave English editor and publisher (d. 1754)

    Feb 27 1711

    Constantine Mavrocordatos Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (d. 1769)

    Feb 27 1779

    Thomas Hazlehurst English soap and alkali manufacturer (d. 1842)

    Feb 27 1784

    Elias Annes Borger Dutch theologistpoet (To the Rhine)

    Feb 27 1792

    Don Joaquin B F Espartero Spanish adventurerfieldmarshal

    Feb 27 1802

    William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck Lord George Bentinck

    Feb 27 1807

    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow American poet (Song of Hiawatha) born in Portland Maine (d. 1882)

    Feb 27 1823

    Ferdinand Van Derveer American lawyer and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Middletown Ohio (d. 1892)

    Feb 27 1823

    William Buel Franklin American Major General (Union Army) born in York Pennsylvania (d. 1903)

    Feb 27 1827

    Richard W Johnson American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Livingston County Kentucky (d. 1897)

    Feb 27 1831

    Hiram Bond Everest American co-founder of The Vacuum Oil Company (d. 1913)

    Feb 27 1832

    Alfred Pollard Edward Civil War journalist (d. 1872)

    Feb 27 1835

    Richard Garnett English author (Ananda the Miracle Worker)

    Feb 27 1841

    [Eleanor] Agnes Lee daughter of US general Robert E. Lee

    Feb 27 1847

    Ellen Alice Terry British actress and director (Imperial Theatre) born in Coventry Warwickshire England (d. 1928)

    Feb 27 1847

    Dame Ellen Terry British Shakespearean actress (Imperial Theatre) born in Coventry England (d. 1928)

    Feb 27 1848

    Hubert Parry English musicologist and composer (Jerusalem) born in Bournemouth England (d. 1918)

    Feb 27 1850

    Henry Edwards Huntington American railroad exec

    Feb 27 1861

    Rudolph Steiner Kraljevic Aust founder (doctrine of anthroposophy)

    Feb 27 1862

    Anastasios Metaxas Greek architect and shooter (d. 1937)

    Feb 27 1867

    Irving Fisher US economist (compensating dollar)

    Feb 27 1867

    Wilhelm Peterson-Berger Swedish composer and music critic born in Ullnger Sweden (d. 1942)

    Feb 27 1869

    Alice Hamilton physicianwriter (workmens compensation laws)

    Feb 27 1877

    Walter Briggs Sr. American entrepreneur and sports team owner (d. 1952)

    Feb 27 1878

    Alvan T. Fuller 50th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)

    Feb 27 1880

    Angelina Weld Grimke American journalist teacher and playwright (Harlem Renaissance) born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1958)

    Feb 27 1881

    Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers Dutch mathematician

    Feb 27 1881

    Sveinn Bjornsson 1st president of Iceland (1944-52)poet (Figur ild)

    Feb 27 1886

    Hugo L Black Ala (Sen-D-Ala)78th Supreme Court justice (1937-71)

    Feb 27 1888

    Lotte Lehmann German soprano (Der Rosenkavalier Fidelio) born in Perleberg Germany (d. 1976)

    Feb 27 1888

    Roberto Assagioli Italian psychiatrist (d. 1974)

    Feb 27 1888

    Earl Caddock American professional wrestler (d. 1950)

    Feb 27 1890

    Freddie Keppard American jazz musician (d. 1933)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Feb 27 1526 Saxony and Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)

    Feb 27 1531 Evangelical German towns form Schmalkaldische Union

    Feb 27 1563 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral

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