December 27th, 1639

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Born on December 27th, 1639 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on December 27th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on December 27th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (December 1639)

Born on December 27th, 1639

Weekday

Tuesday

December 27th, 1639 was a Tuesday.

Age

384

People born on December 27th, 1639 will turn 385 this year (2024), in exactly 244 days .

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1639 - January 20th, 1640

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 140,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 625 days, exactly on January 12th, 2026, people who were born on December 27th, 1639 will be 141,000 days old!

140,375 Days

20,053 Weeks

4,612 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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 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's standing 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 (pictured) 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

Born on December 27th, 1639

Shibukawa Shunkai

Japanese astronomer

*December 27th, 1639, Kyōto †November 1st, 1715, Edo

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 27th?

Marlene Dietrich

German and American actress and singer

*December 27th, 1901, Rote Insel †May 6th, 1992, 8th arrondissement of Paris

Johannes Kepler

German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)

*December 27th, 1571, Weil der Stadt †November 15th, 1630, Regensburg

Louis Pasteur

French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)

*December 27th, 1822, Dole †September 28th, 1895, Saint-Cloud

Michael Wiesinger

German association football player and manager

*December 27th, 1972, Burghausen

Tor Mikkel Wara

Norwegian politician

*December 27th, 1964, Karasjok Municipality

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

Salman Khan

Indian actor and producer (born 1965)

*December 27th, 1965, Indore

Friedrich August Emil Heuer

*December 27th, 1857, Rammenau †March 29th, 1934, Dresden

Guido Westerwelle

German politician (FDP), Foreign Minister of Germany (1961-2016)

*December 27th, 1961, Bad Honnef †March 18th, 2016, Cologne

Adil Rami

Moroccan and French footballer

*December 27th, 1985, Bastia

Joachim Poß

German politician (SPD)

*December 27th, 1948, Westerholt

Charmian Carr

American actress (1942–2016)

*December 27th, 1942, Chicago †September 17th, 2016, Los Angeles

Timothée Hal Chalamet

French-American actor

*December 27th, 1995, Manhattan

Christopher Benjamin

British actor

*December 27th, 1934, Trowbridge

Marianne Elliott

British theatre director

*December 27th, 1966, London

Dorris Bowdon

American actress (1914-2005)

*December 27th, 1914, Tate County †August 9th, 2005, Los Angeles

Paul Costello

American rower

*December 27th, 1894, Philadelphia †April 17th, 1986, Philadelphia

David Aardsma

Baseball pitcher

*December 27th, 1981, Denver

Ullrich Dießner

East German rower

*December 27th, 1954, Meissen

Mirza Ghalib

Pakistani poet (1797-1869)

*December 27th, 1797, Kala Mahal †February 15th, 1869, Ghalib ki Haveli

Same year
Born in 1639

Jean Racine

French dramatist (1639–1699)

*December 22nd, 1639, La Ferté-Milon †April 21st, 1699, Paris

Charles Stewart, 3rd Duke of Richmond

Scottish-English nobleman (1639-1672)

*March 7th, 1639, London †December 12th, 1672, Helsingør

Ivan Mazepa

Hetman of Cossacks (1639-1709)

*March 20th, 1639, Bila Tserkva †September 21st, 1709, Bender

Paul Mignard

French painter and printmaker

*January 1st, 1639, Avignon †October 5th, 1691, Lyon

Marie Mancini

Mistress of the King of France (1639-1715)

*August 28th, 1639, Rome †May 8th, 1715, Pisa

Laura Martinozzi

Italian noble (1639-1687)

*May 27th, 1639, Fano †July 19th, 1687, Rome

Daniel Georg Morhof

Writer from Germany

*February 6th, 1639, Wismar †July 30th, 1691, Lübeck

Willem de Vlamingh

Dutch explorer

*November 30th, 1639, Oost-Vlieland †January 1st, 1698

Gaspar Sanz Celma

Spanish guitarist and composer

*November 30th, 1639, Calanda †January 1st, 1710, Madrid

Conrad Tiburtius Rango

German theologian (1639-1700)

*August 9th, 1639, Kołobrzeg †December 3rd, 1700, Greifswald

Vincent Minutoli

(1639-1709)

*December 5th, 1639, Geneva †April 25th, 1709, Geneva

Increase Mather

Puritan minister, academic, activist (1639-1723)

*June 21st, 1639, Dorchester †August 23rd, 1723, Boston

Johann Christoph Pezel

German violinist, trumpeter and composer (1639-1694)

*December 5th, 1639, Kłodzko †October 13th, 1694, Bautzen

Caspar Herrmann Sandhagen

German theologian

*October 22nd, 1639, Borgholzhausen †June 17th, 1697, Kiel

Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse

Grandmother of George II of Great Britain and great-grandmother of Frederick the Great

*February 3rd, 1639, Niort †February 5th, 1722, Celle

Hans Herr

American bishop (1639-1725)

*September 17th, 1639, Zürich †October 17th, 1725, West Lampeter Township

Martin Lister

English naturalist and physician (1639–1712)

*April 12th, 1639, Buckinghamshire †February 2nd, 1712, Epsom

Johann König

Organ builder (1639-1691)

*April 29th, 1639, Solothurn †October 15th, 1691, Ingolstadt

Olof Bromelius

Swedish botanist (1639-1707)

*May 24th, 1639, Örebro †February 5th, 1705, Gothenburg

Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck

(1639-1688) Swedish military officer

*January 5th, 1639, Minden †September 5th, 1688, Chalkida

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 27th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 27th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVII.XII.MDCXXXIX

27.12.1639

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1639 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1639

December 1639

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December 27th, 1639

Born on December 27th, 1639

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 140,000 days old!

140,375 Days

20,053 Weeks

4,612 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 27th?

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

HMS Beagle departed Plymouth, England, on a voyage to South America that established Charles Darwin's standing as a naturalist.

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.

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.

The reconstructed Hagia Sophia (pictured) 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

Born on December 27th, 1639

Japanese astronomer

Same Day Who's birthday is on December 27th?

Same year Born in 1639

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 27th

Blessed Francesco Spoto

Blessed Sára Salkaházi

Fabiola

John the Apostle

Pope Maximus of Alexandria

Nicarete

Theodorus and Theophanes

December 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (North Korea)

Emergency Rescuer's Day (Russia)

St. Stephen's Day (Eastern Orthodox Church; a public holiday in Romania)

The third of the Twelve Days of Christmas (Western Christianity)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

27.12.1639

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 140,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Same Day
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Same year
Born in 1639

Calendar
December 1639

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