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Jun 27 1040

Ladislaus I King of Hungary born in Kingdom of Poland (d. 1095)

Jun 27 1350

Manuel II Palaeologus Byzantine Emperor (1391-1425) (d. 1425)

Jun 27 1462

Louis XII the Just King of France (1498-1515) born in Chteau de Blois France (d. 1515)

Jun 27 1550

Charles IX [Carl] King of France (1560-74) born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye France (d. 1574)

Jun 27 1615

Johann Paul Schor German Baroque painter born in Innsbruck Austria (d. 1674)

Jun 27 1696

William Pepperrell British colonial soldier born in Kittery Maine (d. 1759)

Jun 27 1717

Louis Guillaume Lemonnier French botanist and contributor to the Encyclopdie ou Dictionnaire raisonn des sciences des arts et des mtiers born in Paris (d. 1799)

Jun 27 1718

Wenzel Raimund Pirck composer born in Vienna Austria (d. 1763)

Jun 27 1745

Johann Nepomuk Went Bohemian composer born in Vinaice Czech Republic (d. 1801)

Jun 27 1787

Thomas Say American naturalist and father of descriptive entomology born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1834)

Jun 27 1789

Philipp Friedrich Silcher German composer born in Weinstadt Germany (d. 1860)

Jun 27 1805

Stephen Elvey English composer born in Canterbury Kent England (d. 1860)

Jun 27 1838

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Indian novelist (Anandamath) born in Naihati Bengal Presidency British India (d. 1894)

Jun 27 1806

Napolon Coste French guitarist and composer born in Besanon France (d. 1883)

Jun 27 1809

Franois Certain Canrobert French marshal and parliament member born in Saint-Cr France (d. 1895)

Jun 27 1812

John Pike Hullah English composer born in Worcester (d. 1884)

Jun 27 1819

Carl Albert Lschhorn German composer born in Berlin Germany (d. 1905)

Jun 27 1821

August Conradi German organist and composer born in Berlin (d. 1873)

Jun 27 1828

Junius Daniel Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Halifax North Carolina (d. 1864)

Jun 27 1833

Wadysaw Zaremba Ukrainian composer born in Dunajowce Ukraine (d 1902)

Jun 27 1838

Paul Mauser German weapon designer born in Oberndorf am Neckar Kingdom of Wrttemberg (d. 1914)

Jun 27 1842

Jamie Anderson Scottish golfer (British Open 1877-79) born in St. Andrews Fife (d. 1905)

Jun 27 1846

Charles Stewart Parnell English-Irish Home Rule Party leader born in Avondale County Wicklow Ireland (d. 1891)

Jun 27 1849

Harriet Hubbard Ayer American cosmetics manufacturer and columnist born in Chicago (d. 1903)

Jun 27 1850

Ivan Vazov Bulgarian poet novelist and playwright (Under the Yoke) born in Sopot Bulgaria (d. 1921)

Jun 27 1850

Jacob Adolf Hgg Swedish composer born in stergarn Sweden (d. 1928)

Jun 27 1850

Lafcadio Hearn American author (Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan) born in Leucas Greece (d. 1904)

Jun 27 1850

Jrgen Pedersen Gram Danish mathematician (GramSchmidt process) born in Duchy of Schleswig Denmark (d. 1919)

Jun 27 1859

Mildred J. Hill American composer and musician (Happy Birthday To You) born in Louisville Kentucky (d. 1916)

Jun 27 1862

May Irwin Canadian comedienne and singer (Hot Time in the Old Town) born in Whitby Ontario Canada (d. 1938)

Jun 27 1869

Emma Goldman American anarchist and publisher (Mother Earth) born in Kovno Lithuania Russian Empire (d. 1940)

Jun 27 1869

Kate Carew [Mary Williams] American caricaturist born in Oakland California (d. 1961)

Jun 27 1869

Hans Spemann German embryologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1935) born in Stuttgart Germany (d. 1941)

Jun 27 1652 New Amsterdam (now New York City) enacts first speed limit law in North America

Jun 27 1693 1st sea battle of Lagos a French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville defeated an Anglo-Dutch fleet under George Rooke

Jun 27 1693 1st womens magazine Ladies Mercury published (London)

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