Today in History for Year 1727

Months in Year 1727: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 11 of 11

Apr 6th - Denmark signs Covenant of Hannover
May 7th - Jews are expelled from Ukraine by Empress Catherine I of Russia
May 29th - Peter II (11) becomes Tsar of Russia
May 31st - France, England & Netherlands sign accord of Paris
Jun 13th - Spain underwrites Preliminairy of Paris
Jul 17th - Simon van Slingelandt appointed Dutch pension advisor
Sep 8th - A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
Oct 21st - Russian & Chinese accord to correct boundaries
Oct 29th - Severe earthquake in New England
Nov 12th - France & Bavaria renew secret treaty
Nov 15th - NY General assembly permits Jews to omit phrase "upon the faith of a Christian" from abjuration oath

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 26 of 26

Jan 2nd - James Wolfe, Westerham, Kent, England, British Army officer, defeated the French in Canada and captured Quebec
Jan 11th - Franz Sebastian Haindl, composer
Jan 13th - Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer
Jan 22nd - Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer
Feb 16th - Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist (d. 1817)
Feb 25th - Armand-Louis Couperin, composer
Mar 14th - Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, composer
Mar 28th - Maximilian III Jozef, Elector of Bayern (1745-77)
Mar 30th - Tommaso MFS Traetta, Ital's opera composer/band leader (Farnace)
Apr 3rd - Philippe-Lambert-Joseph Spruyt, Flemish painter/engraver
Apr 5th - Pasquale Ankossi, composer
Apr 7th - Henri Hardouin, composer
Apr 7th - Michel Adanson, French botanist (d. 1806)
Apr 12th - Gaspare Gabellone, composer
Apr 29th - Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action)
May 10th - Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, French minister of Finance (17.. -76)
May 14th - Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized
Aug 14th - Henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752)
Aug 14th - Louise-Elisabeth of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1759)
British Army Officer that Defeated the French in Canada James Wolfe (Jan 2nd) Aug 15th - Johann Georg Holzbogen, composer
Aug 23rd - Friedrich Hartmann Graf, composer
Sep 29th - Henry Harington, composer
Oct 9th - Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer
Nov 1st - Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov, founder of the Moscow University (d. 1797)
Nov 18th - Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)
Dec 22nd - William Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 22 of 22

Jan 20th - John van Bylevelt, Catholic apostole, dies
Feb 13th - William Wotton, English scholar (b. 1666)
Feb 22nd - Francesco Gasparini, composer, dies at 58
Mar 31st - Isaac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84
May 2nd - Paul Aler, French jesuit/poet (Gradus ad Parnassum), dies at 70
May 6th - Catharina I, Latvia tsarina of Russia, dies at about 42
May 17th - Catherine I, Empress of Russia (1725-27), dies
Jun 8th - August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (b. 1663)
Jun 10th - George Ludwig, German monarch of Hannover/king of England, dies at 67
Jun 11th - King George I of Great Britain (b. 1660)
Jun 14th - Cornelis Cruys, Norwegian/Dutch admiral, dies at 70
Jul 23rd - Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
Jul 30th - Franz Weichlein, composer, dies at 67
Aug 4th - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)
Aug 6th - Francois Valentijn, vicar/writer, dies at 61
Aug 9th - Johann Philipp Treiber, composer, dies at 52
Aug 14th - William Croft, composer, dies at 48
Sep 17th - Glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman (b. 1647)
Sep 25th - Jacques Abbadie, French theologist, dies at about 73
Physicist & Mathematician Isaac Newton (Mar 31st) Oct 10th - Alphonse d' Eve, composer, dies at 61
Nov 10th - Alphonse de Tonty, French explorer and American settler (b. 1659)
Dec 1st - Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer, dies at 61