March 27th, 1740

Born on March 27th, 1740

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What happened on March 27th?

March 27th, 1993

Jiang Zemin succeeded Yang Shangkun to become President of the People's Republic of China.

March 27th, 1625

Charles I became King of England, Scotland and Ireland.

March 27th, 2015

Himeji Castle, the largest and most visited Japanese castle, re-opened after five years of restoration work.

March 27th, 2009

A failure of the dam holding Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Tangerang, Indonesia, caused floods that killed at least 100 people.

March 27th, 2020

North Macedonia became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

March 27th, 2002

Second Intifada: A suicide bomber killed around 30 Israeli civilians and injured about 140 others in Netanya, triggering Operation Defensive Shield, a large-scale counter-terrorist military incursion into the West Bank.

March 27th, 1999

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia: A U.S. Air Force F-117 stealth aircraft was shot down by a Yugoslav Army unit.

March 27th, 1998

The Food and Drug Administration approved the drug sildenafil (chemical structure pictured), better known by the trade name Viagra, as the first treatment approved in the United States for erectile dysfunction.

March 27th, 1981

The Solidarity movement in Poland staged a warning strike, the largest in the history of the Eastern Bloc, in which at least 12 million Poles walked off their jobs for four hours.

March 27th, 1980

Brothers Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt failed in their attempt to corner the world silver market, causing panic in commodity and futures exchanges.

March 27th, 1977

Two Boeing 747 airliners collided on a foggy runway at Los Rodeos Airport on the island of Tenerife, killing 583 people in the worst aircraft accident in aviation history

March 27th, 1976

The Washington Metro (rolling stock pictured), the second-busiest rapid transit system in the U.S., opened to commuters.

March 27th, 1958

Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, assumed the office of premier.

March 27th, 1945

World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began Operation Starvation, laying naval mines in many of Japan's vital water routes and ports to disrupt enemy shipping.

March 27th, 1941

World War II: A group of Serbian-nationalist officers of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force carried out a coup d'état after Yugoslavia joined the Axis powers.

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

Same year
Born in 1740

74

Marquis de Sade

French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works

*June 2nd, 1740, Paris †December 2nd, 1814, Saint-Maurice

73

Louis-Sébastien Mercier

French dramatist and writer (1740-1814)

*June 6th, 1740, Paris †April 25th, 1814, Paris

62

Samuel Arnold

English composer and organist (1740-1802)

*August 10th, 1740, London †October 22nd, 1802, London

23

Ivan VI of Russia

The fifth Emperor of Russia (1740–1741)

*August 12th, 1740, Saint Petersburg †July 5th, 1764, Shlisselburg

74

Margaret Bingham

British painter and writer (1740–1814)

*January 1st, 1740, Devon †February 27th, 1814, St James's Place

54

Nicolas Chamfort

French journalist and moralistic author

*April 6th, 1740, Clermont †April 13th, 1794, Paris

54

James Boswell

British lawyer, diarist, and author (1740–1795)

*October 18th, 1740, Edinburgh †May 19th, 1795, London

96

John Latham

English physician, naturalist and author (1740-1837)

*June 27th, 1740, Eltham †February 4th, 1837, Winchester

73

Go-Sakuramachi

Empress regnant of Japan (1740-1813)

*September 23rd, 1740, Kyoto †December 24th, 1813, Kyoto

67

Jeanne Baret

French explorer, naturalist and botanist (1740-1807)

*July 27th, 1740, La Comelle †August 5th, 1807, Brest

55

Carl Michael Bellman

Swedish poet, songwriter and composer (1740–1795)

*February 4th, 1740, Maria Magdalena parish †February 11th, 1795, Klara Church Parish

74

Matthias Claudius

German poet (1740-1815)

*August 15th, 1740, Reinfeld †January 21st, 1815, Hamburg

58

Horace Bénédict de Saussure

Genevan scientist (1740-1799)

*February 17th, 1740, Conches †January 22nd, 1799, Geneva

99

Heinrich Dietrich von Grolman

German judge (1740-1840)

*December 31st, 1740, Bochum †October 21st, 1840, Berlin

53

Jozafat Bastašić

Roman Catholic bishop

*May 1st, 1740, Croatia †August 28th, 1793, Križevci

58

William Paca

American judge (1740–1799)

*October 31st, 1740, Abingdon-on-Thames †October 23rd, 1799, Queen Anne's County

51

Giovanni Cristofano Amaduzzi

Italian classical philologist (1740-1792)

*August 18th, 1740, Savignano sul Rubicone †January 21st, 1792, Rome

49

Jacques-André Mallet

Genevan astronomer (1740-1790)

*September 23rd, 1740, Geneva †January 31st, 1790, Geneva

77

Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux

French general (1740-1817)

*August 2nd, 1740, Paris †December 27th, 1817, Paris

81

Pierre Melchior d'Adhémar

French soldier

*July 15th, 1740, Saint-Maurice-de-Cazevieille †September 2nd, 1821, Aimargues

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Leap year

Yes: 1740 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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