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Apr 27 1410

Jean Van Lannoy Flemish governor of Holland Zealand and West Frisia (d. 1493)

Apr 27 1593

Mumtaz Mahal Empress consort of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan who built the Taj Mahal as her mausoleum and symbol of his undying love born in Agra Mughal Empire (d. 1631)

Apr 27 1623

Johann Adam Reincken German organist and composer born in Deventer Netherlands (d. 1722)

Apr 27 1650

Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel queen of Denmark and Norway (1670-99) born in Kassel Germany (d. 1714)

Apr 27 1701

Charles Emanuel III of Savoy King of Sardinia born in Turin (d. 1773)

Apr 27 1718

Thomas Lewis Irish-American surveyor lawyer and a pioneer of early Virginia born in County Donegal Ireland (d. 1790)

Apr 27 1724

Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz Czech composer born in Prague Czech Republic (d. 1784)

Apr 27 1724

Colonel Thomas Gardner American heroic political figure and soldier born in Cambridge Massachusetts (d. 1775)

Apr 27 1733

Josef Gottlieb Klreuter German Botanist who pioneered the study of plant hybrids especially among the tobacco plants born in Sulz am Neckar Germany (d. 1806)

Apr 27 1748

Adamntios Koras Greek humanist scholar born in Smyrna Anatolia (d. 1833)

Apr 27 1755

Marc-Antoine Parseval French mathematician (Parsevals theorem) born in Rosires-aux-Salines France (d. 1836)

Apr 27 1759

Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin English writer and feminist (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman) mother of Mary Shelley born in London (d. 1797)

Apr 27 1767

Andreas Romberg German violinist and composer (Song of the Clock) born in Vechta Germany (d. 1821)

Apr 27 1802

Louis Niedermeyer composer born in Nyon Switzerland (d. 1861)

Apr 27 1803

Alfred Julius Becher Austrian journalist and composer born in Manchester England (d. 1848)

Apr 27 1806

Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies Queen of Spain (1829-33) born in Palermo Italy (d. 1878)

Apr 27 1812

Friedrich von Flotow German composer born in Teutendorf Germany (d. 1883)

Apr 27 1812

William W. Snow American politician U.S. House of Representatives from New York (1851-53) born in Heath Massachusetts (d. 1886)

Apr 27 1824

William Richard Bexfield English composer born in Norwich England (d. 1853)

Apr 27 1828

Gerben Colmjon Frisian linguist and publisher born in Leeuwarden Netherlands (d. 1884)

Apr 27 1835

John Murray Corse American politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania [or 927] (d. 1893)

Apr 27 1840

Edward Whymper English mountaineer 1st to climb Matterhorn (1865) born in London (d. 1911)

Apr 27 1848

Otto I of Bavaria King of Bavaria (1886-1913) born in The Residence Munich (d. 1916)

Apr 27 1850

Hans Hartwig von Beseler German Colonel General born in Greifswald Prussia (d. 1921)

Apr 27 1853

Jules Lematre French critic and dramatist born in Vennecy Loiret France (d. 1914)

Apr 27 1861

Georgy Catoire Russian composer born in Moscow Russia (d. 1926)

Apr 27 1861

Johan Skjoldborg Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte) born in sls Thisted Denmark (d. 1936)

Apr 27 1869

William Victor Harris American composer born in New York (d. 1943)

Apr 27 1871

Arthur Nevin American composer born in Edgeworth Pennsylvania (d. 1943)

Apr 27 1873

Harry OConnor American actor (Stranger than Fiction The Long Lanes Turning) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1971)

Apr 27 1875

Andr Baillon Belgian-French author (Un homme si simple) born in Antwerp Belgium (d. 1932)

Apr 27 1875

Freddie Fane British cricketer (Hobbs 1st Test opening partner) born in Curragh Camp County Kildare Ireland (d. 1960)

Apr 27 1875

Lumsden Hare Irish actor (Oregon Trail Desert Fox Young Bess) born in Ireland (d. 1964)

Apr 27 1296 Battle of Dunbar The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England

Apr 27 1518 Treaty of St Truiden anti-French Trapdoors and Bourgondisch covenant

Apr 27 1522 Battle of Bicocca a combined French and Venetian force is decisively defeated by a Spanish-Imperial and Papal army

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