December 27th, 1642

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Born on December 27th, 1642 – 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 1642)

Born on December 27th, 1642

Weekday

Saturday

December 27th, 1642 was a Saturday.

Age

381

People born on December 27th, 1642 will turn 382 this year (2024), in exactly 243 days .

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1642 - January 20th, 1643

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 139,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 720 days, exactly on April 18th, 2026, people who were born on December 27th, 1642 will be 140,000 days old!

139,280 Days

19,897 Weeks

4,576 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

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

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

Christopher Benjamin

British actor

*December 27th, 1934, Trowbridge

Timothée Hal Chalamet

French-American actor

*December 27th, 1995, Manhattan

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

Laurent Roussey

Footballer

*December 27th, 1961, Nîmes

Same year
Born in 1642

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)

*December 25th, 1642, Woolsthorpe Manor †March 31st, 1727, Kensington

Mehmed IV

19th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687

*January 2nd, 1642, Constantinople †January 6th, 1693, Edirne

Suleiman II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691

*April 15th, 1642, Constantinople †June 22nd, 1691, Edirne

Claudio Coello

Spanish artist (1642-1693)

*March 2nd, 1642, Madrid †April 20th, 1693, Madrid

Marie Champmeslé

French actress

*February 18th, 1642, Rouen †May 15th, 1698, Paris

Philipp Jeningen

German Roman Catholic priest

*January 5th, 1642, Eichstätt †February 8th, 1704, Ellwangen

Johann Winckler

German theologian (1642-1705)

*July 13th, 1642, Golzern †April 5th, 1705, Hamburg

Johann Balthasar Burckhardt

Swiss politician (1642-1722)

*April 3rd, 1642, Basel †May 4th, 1722, Basel

Francis de Geronimo

Jesuit priest and missionary

*December 17th, 1642, Grottaglie †May 11th, 1716, Naples

Johann Christoph Bach I

German composer and organist

*December 6th, 1642, Arnstadt †March 31st, 1703, Eisenach

Giuseppe Sacripante

Italian cardinal

*March 19th, 1642, Narni †January 4th, 1727, Rome

Vincenzo da Filicaja

Poet from Italy (1642-1707)

*December 30th, 1642, Florence †September 24th, 1707, Florence

Andrea Pozzo

Painter of the Late Baroque (1642-1709)

*November 30th, 1642, Trento †August 31st, 1709, Vienna

Carolus Carlsson

(1642-1708)

*November 24th, 1642, Kalmar domkyrkoförsamling †April 14th, 1708, Dingtuna parish

Simon de la Loubère

French diplomat

*April 21st, 1642, Toulouse †March 26th, 1729, Montesquieu-Volvestre

Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest

Dutch admiral

*November 16th, 1642, Vlissingen †November 16th, 1706, Middelburg

Louis I, Prince of Monaco

Monegasque prince (1642-1701)

*July 25th, 1642, Prince's Palace of Monaco †January 3rd, 1701, Rome

Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón

Catholic bishop (1642-1730)

*January 3rd, 1642, Villarrobledo †March 12th, 1730, Lima

Johann Friedrich von Waldstein

Czech nobleman

*August 18th, 1642, Vienna †June 3rd, 1694, Duchcov

Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany

Grand Prince of Tuscany (1642-1723)

*August 14th, 1642, Florence †October 31st, 1723, Florence

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.MDCXLII

27.12.1642

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1642 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1642

December 1642

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49	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
50	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
51	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
52	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
53	29	30	31

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
49	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
50	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
51	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
52	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
53	29	30	31

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
49	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
50	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
51	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
52	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
53	29	30	31

December 27th, 1642

Born on December 27th, 1642

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 139,000 days old!

139,280 Days

19,897 Weeks

4,576 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

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

Same year Born in 1642

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)