December 27th, 1777

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Born on December 27th, 1777 – 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 1777)

Born on December 27th, 1777

Weekday

Saturday

December 27th, 1777 was a Saturday.

Age

246

People born on December 27th, 1777 will turn 247 this year (2024), in exactly 246 days .

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1777 - January 20th, 1778

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 89,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 31 days, exactly on May 26th, 2024, people who were born on December 27th, 1777 will be 90,000 days old!

89,969 Days

12,852 Weeks

2,955 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, 1777

Carl Bertuch

German journalist

*December 27th, 1777, Weimar †October 5th, 1815, Weimar

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

Nikolay Kamensky

Russian officer

*December 27th, 1776, Russian Empire †May 4th, 1811, Odesa

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

Mirza Ghalib

Pakistani poet (1797-1869)

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

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

George Cayley

British aeronautics engineer (1773-1857)

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

Joachim Poß

German politician (SPD)

*December 27th, 1948, Westerholt

Pierre Tobie Yenni

Roman Catholic bishop

*December 27th, 1774, Morlon †December 8th, 1845

Charmian Carr

American actress (1942–2016)

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

Christopher Benjamin

British actor

*December 27th, 1934, Trowbridge

Paul Costello

American rower

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

Timothée Hal Chalamet

French-American actor

*December 27th, 1995, Manhattan

Marianne Elliott

British theatre director

*December 27th, 1966, London

Same year
Born in 1777

Carl Friedrich Gauss

German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)

*April 30th, 1777, Brunswick †February 23rd, 1855, Göttingen

Heinrich von Kleist

German poet, dramatist, novelist and short story writer (1777–1811)

*October 18th, 1777, Frankfurt (Oder) †November 21st, 1811, Kleiner Wannsee

Alexander I of Russia

Tsar of the Russian Empire from 1801 to 1825

*December 12th, 1777, Saint Petersburg †November 19th, 1825, Taganrog

John Ross

Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

*June 24th, 1777, Stranraer †August 30th, 1856, London

Nathan Mayer Rothschild

German-born British financier (1777–1836)

*September 16th, 1777, Frankfurt †July 28th, 1836, Frankfurt

Hans Christian Ørsted

Danish physicist and chemist (1777-1851)

*August 14th, 1777, Rudkøbing †March 9th, 1851, Copenhagen

August Kestner

German diplomat and collector of art

*January 1st, 1777, Hanover †January 1st, 1853, Rome

Henry Clay

American politician from Kentucky (1777-1852)

*April 12th, 1777, Hanover County †June 29th, 1852, Washington, D.C.

Matija Nenadović

Serbian historian and politician

*February 26th, 1777, Brankovina †December 11th, 1854, Valjevo

Juliette Récamier

French salon-holder

*December 4th, 1777, Lyon †May 11th, 1849, Paris

Agostino Aglio

Italian painter, decorator, and engraver (1777-1857)

*December 15th, 1777, Cremona †January 30th, 1857, London

Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse

Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1777-1848)

*December 26th, 1777, Darmstadt †June 16th, 1848, Darmstadt

Thomas Campbell

Scottish poet

*July 27th, 1777, Glasgow †June 15th, 1844, Boulogne-sur-Mer

Joseph Hume

Scottish surgeon and Radical politician (1777-1855)

*January 22nd, 1777, Montrose †February 20th, 1855, Norfolk

Dinicu Golescu

Romanian writer (1777-1830)

*February 7th, 1777, Muntenia †October 5th, 1830, Bucharest

Ludwig Berger

German pianist and composer

*April 18th, 1777, Berlin †February 16th, 1839, Berlin

Vincenzo Borg

Maltese cotton merchant and insurgent leader against the French from 1798-1800

*January 11th, 1777, Birkirkara †July 18th, 1837, Crown Colony of Malta

Severin Løvenskiold

Norwegian politician (1777–1856)

*February 7th, 1777, Porsgrunn †September 15th, 1856, Fossum Ironwork

Heinrich Schmelen

Missionary and Bible translator

*January 1st, 1777, Hagen im Bremischen †January 1st, 1848, South Africa

Karl Wilhelm von Toll

Russian Army general (1777-1842)

*April 19th, 1777, Tallinn †May 5th, 1842, Saint Petersburg

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.MDCCLXXVII

27.12.1777

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1777 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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December 27th, 1777

Born on December 27th, 1777

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 89,000 days old!

89,969 Days

12,852 Weeks

2,955 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, 1777

German journalist

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Same year Born in 1777

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

27.12.1777

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 89,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Born in 1777

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December 1777

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