December 27th, 1766

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Born on December 27th, 1766 – 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 1766)

Born on December 27th, 1766

Weekday

Saturday

December 27th, 1766 was a Saturday.

Age

257

People born on December 27th, 1766 will turn 258 this year (2024), in exactly 243 days .

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1766 - January 20th, 1767

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 93,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 10 days, exactly on May 8th, 2024, people who were born on December 27th, 1766 will be 94,000 days old!

93,990 Days

13,427 Weeks

3,088 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

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

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

Johannes Kepler

German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)

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

Tor Mikkel Wara

Norwegian politician

*December 27th, 1964, Karasjok Municipality

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

Friedrich August Emil Heuer

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

Salman Khan

Indian actor and producer (born 1965)

*December 27th, 1965, Indore

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

Mirza Ghalib

Pakistani poet (1797-1869)

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

Joachim Poß

German politician (SPD)

*December 27th, 1948, Westerholt

Carl Weisflog

German writer (1770-1828)

*December 27th, 1770, Żagań †July 14th, 1828, Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój

Charmian Carr

American actress (1942–2016)

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

George Cayley

British aeronautics engineer (1773-1857)

*December 27th, 1773, Scarborough †December 15th, 1857, Brompton

Christopher Benjamin

British actor

*December 27th, 1934, Trowbridge

Adam Lux

German revolutionary

*December 27th, 1765, Obernburg am Main †November 4th, 1793, Paris

Timothée Hal Chalamet

French-American actor

*December 27th, 1995, Manhattan

Marianne Elliott

British theatre director

*December 27th, 1966, London

Paul Costello

American rower

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

Same year
Born in 1766

Albertine Necker de Saussure

Genevan writer (1766-1841)

*April 9th, 1766, Geneva †April 20th, 1841, Monnetier-Mornex

John Dalton

British chemist and physicist (1766–1844)

*September 6th, 1766, Cumberland †July 27th, 1844, Manchester

Thomas Robert Malthus

British political economist (1766–1834)

*February 13th, 1766, Westcott †December 23rd, 1834, Bath

Caroline von Humboldt

German salon-holder, wife of Wilhelm von Humboldt (1766–1829)

*February 23rd, 1766, Minden †March 26th, 1829, Berlin

Germaine de Staël

Genevan-French author (1766-1817)

*April 22nd, 1766, Paris †July 14th, 1817, Paris

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Jean-Frédéric Waldeck

French antiquarian, explorer, artist (1766-1875)

*March 16th, 1766, Prague †April 30th, 1875, Paris

William Dunlap

American dramatist, painter, and historian

*February 19th, 1766, Perth Amboy †September 28th, 1839, New York City

Louis Delgrès

French politician (1766-1802)

*August 2nd, 1766, Saint-Pierre †May 28th, 1802, Matouba

Maine de Biran

French philosopher (1766-1824)

*November 29th, 1766, Bergerac †July 20th, 1824, Paris

Charles Macintosh

British chemist (1766–1843)

*December 29th, 1766, Glasgow †July 25th, 1843, Glasgow

Samuel Friedrich Sauter

German author

*November 10th, 1766, Oberderdingen †July 14th, 1846, Oberderdingen

Moss Kent

American politician

*April 3rd, 1766, Rensselaer County †May 30th, 1838, Plattsburgh

Samuel Wilson

American meat packer (1766-1854)

*September 13th, 1766, Arlington †July 31st, 1854, Troy

Samuel Dinsmoor

American politician

*July 1st, 1766, Windham †March 15th, 1835, Keene

Samuel Wesley

English organist and composer

*February 24th, 1766, Bristol †October 11th, 1837, London

Rodolphe Kreutzer

French violinist, conductor, composer (1766-1831)

*November 15th, 1766, Versailles †January 6th, 1831, Geneva

Honoré Vial

French diplomat (1766-1813)

*February 22nd, 1766, Antibes †October 18th, 1813, Leipzig

Antoine-Vincent Arnault

French dramatist (1766-1834)

*January 22nd, 1766, Paris †September 16th, 1834, Bréauté

Wilhelm Hisinger

Swedish chemist and mineralogist

*December 23rd, 1766, Västmanland †June 28th, 1852, Skinnskatteberg

Christmas Evans

Welsh minister

*December 25th, 1766, Llandysul †July 19th, 1838, Swansea

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.MDCCLXVI

27.12.1766

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1766 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1766

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December 27th, 1766

Born on December 27th, 1766

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 93,000 days old!

93,990 Days

13,427 Weeks

3,088 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 1766

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

27.12.1766

Legend

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Birthdays
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December 1766

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