December 27th, 1837

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Born on December 27th, 1837 – 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 1837)

Born on December 27th, 1837

Weekday

Wednesday

December 27th, 1837 was a Wednesday.

Age

186

People born on December 27th, 1837 will turn 187 this year (2024), in exactly 243 days .

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1837 - January 20th, 1838

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 68,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 942 days, exactly on November 26th, 2026, people who were born on December 27th, 1837 will be 69,000 days old!

68,058 Days

9,722 Weeks

2,236 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?

Louis Pasteur

French chemist and microbiologist (1822-1895)

*December 27th, 1822, Dole †September 28th, 1895, Saint-Cloud

Marlene Dietrich

German and American actress and singer

*December 27th, 1901, Rote Insel †May 6th, 1992, 8th arrondissement of Paris

Friedrich August Emil Heuer

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

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

Lars Oftedal

Norwegian politician, priest and contributing editor (1838-1900)

*December 27th, 1838, Stavanger †May 2nd, 1900, Stavanger

Salman Khan

Indian actor and producer (born 1965)

*December 27th, 1965, Indore

Johannes Kepler

German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)

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

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

Mackenzie Bowell

5th Prime Minister of Canada (1823-1917)

*December 27th, 1823, Rickinghall †December 10th, 1917, Belleville

Paul Costello

American rower

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

Christopher Benjamin

British actor

*December 27th, 1934, Trowbridge

Dorris Bowdon

American actress (1914-2005)

*December 27th, 1914, Tate County †August 9th, 2005, Los Angeles

Anna Russell

British singer and comedian (1911-2006)

*December 27th, 1911, London †October 18th, 2006, Batemans Bay

Mirza Ghalib

Pakistani poet (1797-1869)

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

Marianne Elliott

British theatre director

*December 27th, 1966, London

Same year
Born in 1837

Adam Opel

Founder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG

*May 9th, 1837, Rüsselsheim am Main †September 8th, 1895, Rüsselsheim am Main

Otto Winter Hjelm

Norwegian composer

*October 8th, 1837, Christiania †May 3rd, 1931, Oslo

Carl Koldewey

German explorer (1837-1908)

*October 26th, 1837, Bücken †May 17th, 1908, Hamburg

Josef Durm

German architect and architectural historian

*February 14th, 1837, Karlsruhe †April 3rd, 1919, Karlsruhe

Franz Bücheler

German classical philologist (1837-1908)

*June 3rd, 1837, Rheinberg †May 3rd, 1908, Bonn

Grover Cleveland

President of the United States (1885–89; 1893–97)

*March 18th, 1837, Caldwell †June 24th, 1908, Princeton

Johannes Diderik van der Waals

Netherlandish physicist (1837-1923)

*November 23rd, 1837, Leiden †March 8th, 1923, Amsterdam

Ernest Hoschedé

French businessman

*December 18th, 1837, Paris †March 18th, 1891, 9th arrondissement of Paris

Thomas Henry Ismay

British businessman (1837-1899)

*January 7th, 1837, Maryport †November 23rd, 1899, Dawpool

J. P. Morgan

American financier, banker, and art collector (1837–1913)

*April 17th, 1837, Hartford †March 31st, 1913, Rome

Henry Becque

French dramatist (1837-1899)

*April 18th, 1837, former 3rd arrondissement of Paris †May 12th, 1899, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Vasil Levski

Bulgarian revolutionary (1837–1873)

*July 18th, 1837, Karlovo †February 18th, 1873, Sofia

Dwight Lyman Moody

American evangelist (1837–1899)

*February 5th, 1837, Northfield †December 22nd, 1899, Northfield

Francisco Loño y Pérez

Spanish politician and military personnel (1837-1907)

*February 5th, 1837, Santiago de Cuba †June 30th, 1907, Madrid

John Burroughs

American naturalist and essayist (1837-1921)

*April 3rd, 1837, Delaware County †March 29th, 1921, California

Georges Ernest Boulanger

French general (1837-1891)

*April 29th, 1837, Rennes †September 30th, 1891, Ixelles - Elsene

Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary (1837-1898)

*December 24th, 1837, Herzog-Max-Palais †September 10th, 1898, Geneva

Johannes Trojan

Writer and opinion journalist (1837-1915)

*August 14th, 1837, Gdańsk †November 21st, 1915, Rostock

Algernon Charles Swinburne

English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (1837-1909)

*April 5th, 1837, London †April 10th, 1909, London

Fredrik Bajer

Danish politician (1837-1922)

*April 21st, 1837, Næstved †January 22nd, 1922, Copenhagen

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.MDCCCXXXVII

27.12.1837

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1837 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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December 27th, 1837

Born on December 27th, 1837

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 68,000 days old!

68,058 Days

9,722 Weeks

2,236 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 1837

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

27.12.1837

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 68,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Calendar
December 1837

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