December 27th, 1741

Born on December 27th, 1741

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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 1741

54

Marie-Elisabeth von Humboldt

Mother of Alexander von Humboldt and Wilhelm von Humboldt (1741–1796)

*December 8th, 1741, Berlin †November 19th, 1796, Tegel

38

Charles Clerke

British Royal Navy officer

*August 22nd, 1741, Essex †August 22nd, 1779, Kamchatka Peninsula

48

Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790

*March 13th, 1741, Hietzing †February 20th, 1790, Vienna

69

Peter Simon Pallas

German zoologist and botanist (1741–1811)

*September 22nd, 1741, Berlin †September 8th, 1811, Berlin

61

Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

French novelist, official and army general

*October 18th, 1741, Amiens †September 5th, 1803, Taranto

82

Szczepan Hołowczyc

Polish archbishop

*August 19th, 1741, Orsha †August 27th, 1823, Warsaw

60

Benedict Arnold

Army officer who betrayed America to the British during the Revolutionary War (1740–1801)

*January 14th, 1741, Norwich †June 14th, 1801, London

66

Angelica Kauffmann

Swiss artist (1741–1807)

*October 30th, 1741, Chur †November 5th, 1807, Rome

59

Johann Kaspar Lavater

Swiss poet (1741-1801)

*November 15th, 1741, Zurich †January 2nd, 1801, Zurich

21

Momozono

Emperor of Japan

*April 14th, 1741, Kyoto †August 31st, 1762, Kyoto

72

André Grétry

Composer from present-day Belgium (1741–1813)

*February 8th, 1741, Liège †September 24th, 1813, Montmorency

68

Justin Bonaventure Morard de Galles

French admiral

*March 30th, 1741, Goncelin †July 23rd, 1809, Guéret

61

Alberto Fortis

Italian writer, naturalist and cartographer (1741-1803)

*November 9th, 1741, Padua †October 21st, 1803, Bologna

47

John Penn

Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation

*May 17th, 1741, Caroline County †September 14th, 1788, Granville County

78

John Langdon

American politician and Founding Father (1741-1819)

*June 26th, 1741, Portsmouth †September 18th, 1819, Portsmouth

86

Johann Jakob Hess

Swiss theologian

*October 21st, 1741, Zürich †May 29th, 1828, Zürich

70

Gregorio García de la Cuesta

Spanish general and noble (1741-1811)

*May 9th, 1741, La Lastra †November 26th, 1811, Palma

55

Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Elder

German writer (1741-1796)

*January 31st, 1741, Zheleznodorozhny, Kaliningrad Oblast †April 23rd, 1796, Königsberg

80

Johann Christian von Mannlich

German artist (1741-1822)

*October 2nd, 1741, Strasbourg †January 3rd, 1822, Munich

74

Jean-Paul-Égide Martini

German composer

*August 31st, 1741, Freystadt †February 14th, 1816, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1741 is a normal year and no leap year.

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