December 27th, 1839

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Born on December 27th, 1839 – 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 1839)

Born on December 27th, 1839

Weekday

Friday

December 27th, 1839 was a Friday.

Age

184

People born on December 27th, 1839 will turn 185 this year (2024), in exactly 244 days .

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1839 - January 20th, 1840

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 67,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 673 days, exactly on March 1st, 2026, people who were born on December 27th, 1839 will be 68,000 days old!

67,327 Days

9,618 Weeks

2,212 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

Paul Costello

American rower

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

Christopher Benjamin

British actor

*December 27th, 1934, Trowbridge

Mackenzie Bowell

5th Prime Minister of Canada (1823-1917)

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

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 1839

Carl Humann

German architect, engineer and archeologist (1839-1896)

*January 4th, 1839, Steele †April 12th, 1896, İzmir

Heinrich Nissen

German historian of classical antiquity, epigraphican and archaeologist of roman provinces (1839-1912)

*April 3rd, 1839, Haderslev †February 29th, 1912, Bonn

John D. Rockefeller

American business magnate and philanthropist (1839–1937)

*July 8th, 1839, Richford †May 23rd, 1937, Ormond Beach

Paul Cézanne

French painter (1839–1906)

*January 19th, 1839, Aix-en-Provence †October 22nd, 1906, Aix-en-Provence

Charles Sanders Peirce

American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist (1839-1914)

*September 10th, 1839, Cambridge †April 19th, 1914, Milford

Hilaire de Chardonnet

French engineer

*May 1st, 1839, Besançon †March 11th, 1924, Paris

Machado de Assis

Brazilian writer

*June 21st, 1839, Rio de Janeiro †September 29th, 1908, Rio de Janeiro

Oliver Brown

American abolitionist

*March 9th, 1839, Franklin †October 18th, 1859, Harpers Ferry

Sully Prudhomme

French poet, Nobel prize for literature winner 1901

*March 16th, 1839, 10th arrondissement of Paris †September 6th, 1907, Châtenay-Malabry

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

Russian composer (1839–1881)

*March 9th, 1839, Karevo †March 16th, 1881, Saint Petersburg

Carol I of Romania

King of Romania from 1881 to 1914

*April 20th, 1839, Sigmaringen †October 10th, 1914, Peleș Castle

Théodule-Armand Ribot

French psychologist (1839-1916)

*December 18th, 1839, Guingamp †December 9th, 1916, Paris

Crazy Horse

Oglala Sioux chief (1840–1877)

*November 30th, 1839, South Dakota †September 5th, 1877, Fort Robinson

Elisabeth Järnefelt

Finnish mother of Finnish art and culture

*January 11th, 1839, Saint Petersburg †February 3rd, 1929, Helsinki

Henry George

American political economist and journalist (1839–1897)

*September 2nd, 1839, Philadelphia †October 29th, 1897, New York City

Josiah Willard Gibbs

American scientist (1839–1903)

*February 11th, 1839, New Haven †April 28th, 1903, New Haven

Alfred Sisley

British painter (1839-1899)

*October 30th, 1839, Paris †January 29th, 1899, Moret-sur-Loing

Ouida

British novelist (1839–1908)

*January 1st, 1839, Bury St Edmunds †January 25th, 1908, Viareggio

Nikolay Przhevalsky

Russian soldier, explorer, & geographer (1839-1888)

*March 31st, 1839, Kimborovo †October 20th, 1888, Karakol

Redvers Buller

Recipient of the Victoria Cross (1839-1908)

*December 7th, 1839, Crediton †June 2nd, 1908, Crediton

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.MDCCCXXXIX

27.12.1839

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1839 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1839

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December 27th, 1839

Born on December 27th, 1839

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 67,000 days old!

67,327 Days

9,618 Weeks

2,212 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 1839

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

27.12.1839

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 67,000 days old!

Birthdays
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December 1839

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