December 27th, 1874

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Born on December 27th, 1874 – 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 1874)

Born on December 27th, 1874

Weekday

Sunday

December 27th, 1874 was a Sunday.

Age

149

People born on December 27th, 1874 will turn 150 this year (2024), in exactly 244 days .

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1874 - January 20th, 1875

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 54,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 457 days, exactly on July 28th, 2025, people who were born on December 27th, 1874 will be 55,000 days old!

54,543 Days

7,791 Weeks

1,792 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, 1874

Max Ettinger

German conductor and composer (1874-1951)

*December 27th, 1874, Lviv †July 19th, 1951, Basel

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

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

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

Paul Costello

American rower

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

Johannes Kepler

German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)

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

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

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

Christopher Benjamin

British actor

*December 27th, 1934, Trowbridge

Adolf Kašpar

Czech illustrator and painter (1877-1934)

*December 27th, 1877, Bludov †June 29th, 1934, Železná Ruda

Marianne Elliott

British theatre director

*December 27th, 1966, London

Timothée Hal Chalamet

French-American actor

*December 27th, 1995, Manhattan

Ullrich Dießner

East German rower

*December 27th, 1954, Meissen

Same year
Born in 1874

Ludwig Curtius

German classical archeologist

*December 13th, 1874, Augsburg †April 10th, 1954, Rome

Winston Churchill

British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)

*November 30th, 1874, Blenheim Palace †January 24th, 1965, Hyde Park Gate

Guglielmo Marconi

Italian inventor and radio pioneer (1874-1937)

*April 25th, 1874, Bologna †July 20th, 1937, Rome

Walter Friedrich Otto

German classical philologist (1874-1958)

*June 22nd, 1874, Hechingen †September 23rd, 1958, Tübingen

Hermann Thiersch

German archaeologist

*January 12th, 1874, Munich †June 4th, 1939, Göttingen

Herbert Hoover

President of the United States from 1929 to 1933

*August 10th, 1874, West Branch †October 20th, 1964, New York City

Gustav Holst

British composer

*September 21st, 1874, Cheltenham †May 25th, 1934, London

Anna von Gierke

German politician (1874–1943)

*March 14th, 1874, Wrocław †April 3rd, 1943, Berlin

Robert Frost

American poet; 4x recipient of Pulitzer Prize for Poetry

*March 26th, 1874, San Francisco †January 29th, 1963, Boston

Arnold Schoenberg

Austrian-Jewish American composer (1874-1951)

*September 13th, 1874, Vienna †July 13th, 1951, Los Angeles

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist (1874–1929)

*February 1st, 1874, Vienna †July 15th, 1929, Rodaun

G. K. Chesterton

English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

*May 29th, 1874, Beaconsfield †June 14th, 1936, Beaconsfield

Howard Carter

British egyptologist

*May 9th, 1874, Brompton †March 2nd, 1939, London

François Brandt

Dutch rower (1874-1949)

*December 29th, 1874, Zoeterwoude †July 4th, 1949, Naarden

Harry Houdini

Hungarian-born American illusionist, escapologist, and stunt performer (1874–1926)

*March 24th, 1874, Budapest †October 31st, 1926, Detroit

Johannes Stark

German physicist (1874-1957)

*April 15th, 1874, Freihung †June 21st, 1957, Traunstein

Oskar Nedbal

Czech conductor, composer, and violist (1874–1940)

*March 26th, 1874, Tábor †December 24th, 1930, Zagreb

Börries von Münchhausen

German poet and activist

*March 20th, 1874, Hildesheim †March 16th, 1945, Windischleuba

Selim Sırrı Tarcan

Turkish politician and International Olympic Committee member

*March 24th, 1874, Larissa †March 2nd, 1957, Istanbul

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Canadian writer (1874–1942)

*November 30th, 1874, Prince Edward Island †April 24th, 1942, Toronto

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.MDCCCLXXIV

27.12.1874

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1874 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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December 27th, 1874

Born on December 27th, 1874

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 54,000 days old!

54,543 Days

7,791 Weeks

1,792 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, 1874

German conductor and composer (1874-1951)

Same Day Who's birthday is on December 27th?

Same year Born in 1874

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

27.12.1874

Legend

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 54,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 27th

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Born in 1874

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December 1874

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