December 27th, 1620

Born on December 27th, 1620

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on December 27th?

December 27th, 2002

The human-cloning company Clonaid claimed to have performed the first reproductive cloning of a human, but provided no evidence for the claim.

December 27th, 1997

Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright was assassinated in HM Prison Maze by members of the Irish National Liberation Army.

December 27th, 1985

The body of murdered American primatologist Dian Fossey was discovered inside her cabin in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.

December 27th, 1979

Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet troops stormed Tajbeg Palace outside Kabul and killed Afghan president Hafizullah Amin and his 100–150 elite guards.

December 27th, 1966

A group of three men made the first descent into the Cave of Swallows (pictured), the largest known cave shaft in the world, in Aquismón, Mexico.

December 27th, 1932

New York City's Radio City Music Hall (pictured) opened with the world's largest auditorium at the time.

December 27th, 1929

Joseph Stalin announced the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class", beginning a period of political repression against prosperous peasants.

December 27th, 1922

The Imperial Japanese Navy commissioned Hōshō (pictured), the world's first purpose-built aircraft carrier.

December 27th, 1918

A public speech by the Polish pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Poznań sparked the Greater Poland uprising against Germany.

December 27th, 1904

The stage play Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, by Scottish author J. M. Barrie, premiered in London.

December 27th, 1845

John L. O'Sullivan, in his newspaper the New York Morning News, argued that the United States had the right to claim the entire Oregon Country "by the right of our manifest destiny", popularizing the term's use.

December 27th, 1831

HMS Beagle departed Plymouth, England, on a voyage to South America that established Charles Darwin (pictured) as a naturalist.

December 27th, 1657

Citizens of New Netherland presented the Flushing Remonstrance to Peter Stuyvesant, the director general of the colonial province, requesting an exemption to his ban on Quaker worship.

December 27th, 1521

A period of unrest in Wittenberg following the arrival of three men of the Radical Reformation, known as the Zwickau prophets, was quelled after Martin Luther's release from custody.

December 27th, 0537

The reconstructed Hagia Sophia in Constantinople was inaugurated; built as a church, it later became a mosque and a museum.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 27th

Same year
Born in 1620

68

Frederick William of Brandenburg

Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia

*February 16th, 1620, Berlin Palace †April 29th, 1688, City Palace

71

Aelbert Cuyp

Dutch landscape painter (1620-1691)

*October 20th, 1620, Dordrecht †November 15th, 1691, Dordrecht

61

Jean Picard

French astronomer

*July 21st, 1620, La Flèche †July 12th, 1682, Paris

84

Ninon de Lenclos

French author, courtesan, freethinker, and patron of the arts

*November 10th, 1620, Paris †October 17th, 1705, Paris

58

Antoine Lepautre

French architect

*November 30th, 1620, Paris †January 1st, 1679, Paris

79

Franz Karl Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky

(1620-1700)

*May 13th, 1620, Innsbruck †May 5th, 1700, Brno

47

Johann Heinrich Hottinger

Swiss theologian (1620-1667)

*March 10th, 1620, Zürich †June 5th, 1667, Zürich

37

Sibylle Margarethe von Brieg

(1620-1657)

*June 20th, 1620, Gdańsk †June 26th, 1657, Gdańsk

69

Théophile Bonet

Genevan physician

*March 6th, 1620, Geneva †March 29th, 1689, Geneva

27

Masaniello

Italian (Neapolitan) fisherman and rebel of the 17th century

*June 29th, 1620, Naples †July 16th, 1647, Naples

44

Nikola VII Zrinski

Croatian military commander (1620-1664)

*May 3rd, 1620, Čakovec †November 18th, 1664, Kuršanec

61

Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder

Dutch classical scholar and poet

*July 20th, 1620, Leiden †October 7th, 1681, The Hague

93

Atto Melani

Italian opera singer

*March 30th, 1620, Pistoia †January 4th, 1714, Paris

49

Bogusław Radziwiłł

Polish-Lithuanian noble

*May 3rd, 1620, Gdańsk †December 31st, 1669, Königsberg

83

Isabella Leonarda

Italian composer

*September 6th, 1620, Novara †February 25th, 1704, Novara

51

Henri Charles de La Trémoille

French noble (1620-1672)

*December 17th, 1620, Thouars †September 14th, 1672, Thouars

73

Henri-Marie de Laval de Boisdauphin

*March 2nd, 1620, Le Mans †November 22nd, 1693

64

Jan van den Hecke

Flemish painter (1620-1684)

*January 1st, 1620, Kluisbergen †August 22nd, 1684, Antwerp

61

Lucy Hutchinson

British writer (1620-1681)

*January 29th, 1620, London †September 30th, 1681

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Leap year

Yes: 1620 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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