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Ashikaga Yoshikazu 5th Japanese shgun of the Ashikaga shogunate born in Kyoto Japan (d. 1425)
George the Bearded Duke of Saxony (1500-39) born in Meissen Germany (d. 1539)
Anna of Brandenburg Queen of Denmark born in Berlin (d. 1514)
Alessandro Farnese Duke of Parma and Italian diplomat born in Rome (d. 1592)
Hans Leo Hassler German composer born in Nuremberg Germany (d. 1612)
Simon Besler German composer born in Brieg (d. 1633)
Maria van Oosterwijck Dutch flower painter born in Nootdorp Netherlands (d. 1693)
Charles Calvert 3rd Baron Baltimore Governor of the Province of Maryland born in Salisbury England (d. 1715)
Johann Samuel Welter German composer born in Obersontheim Germany (d. 1720)
John Hervey 1st Earl of Bristol English politician born in Bury St Edmunds Suffolk (d. 1751)
Ivan V co-tsar of Russia (1682-89) born in Moscow Russia (d. 1696)
Anne Marie of Orlans Queen of Italy born in Chteau de Saint-Cloud France (d. 1728)
Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun Austrian field marshal born in denburg Austria (d. 1748)
Baal Shem Tov Jewish mystical rabbi (founder of the Hasidic Judaism) born in Okopy witej Trjcy Kingdom of Poland (d. 1760)
Jan Nepveu Dutch governor of Suriname (1768-79) born in Amsterdam (d. 1779)
John Joachim Zubly Swiss-American Continental Congressman born in St. Gall Switzerland (d. 1781)
Johann Georg Hamann German counter-enlightenment philosopher (Reason is language) born in Knigsberg Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1788)
Michel-Richard Delalande French composer born in Paris (d. 1812)
Herman Muntinghe Dutch theologist (History of Mankind) born in Termunten Groningen Netherlands (d. 1824)
Anne Franois Mellinet French-Belgian general (Maastricht) born in Corbeil-Essonnes France (d. 1852)
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel German philosopher and inventor (dialectic) born in Stuttgart Wrttemberg (d. 1831)
Edward Beecher American theologian born in East Hampton New York (d. 1895)
Hannibal Hamlin American attorney and 15th Vice President of U.S. (1861-65) born in Paris Massachusetts (d. 1891)
Hiram Gregory Berry American politician and Major General (Union Army) born in Thomaston Main (d. 1863)
Frank Stillman Nickerson American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Swanville Maine (d. 1917)
Hermann Kipper German music teacher and composer born in Koblenz Germany (d. 1910)
James A. Walker Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Augusta County Virginia (d. 1901)
Albijn van de Abeele Flemish author and painter born in Sint-Martens-Latem Belgium (d. 1918)
Heinrich Urban German violinist and composer born in Berlin (d. 1901)
Emory Upton Bvt Major General (Union Army) born in Batavia New York (d. 1881)
Gustave J Waffelaert Flemish theologist and bishop of Bridge born in Rollegem Belgium (d. 1931)
Manuel Acua Mexican poet (Nocturno) born in Saltillo Coahuila Mexic0 (d. 1873)
Iwan Franko Ukrainian writer and political activist born in Nahuievychi Galicia (d. 1916)
Aug 27 1232 The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hj Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date August 10 )
Aug 27 1549 Battle of Dussindale John Dudley Earl of Warwick destroys Robert Ketts army ending Ketts rebellion in Norfolk England
Aug 27 1569 Pope Pius names Cosimo I de Medici as grand duke of Tuscany