1513 Spaniard Juan Ponce de León and his expedition first sight Florida
Juan Ponce de Len first arrived in the Caribbean with Columbus 2nd voyage in 1493.
Juan Ponce de Len first arrived in the Caribbean with Columbus 2nd voyage in 1493.
Antonio Squarcialupi Italian composer and organist born in Florence (d. 1480)
Eberhard Bronchorst Dutch lawyer born in Deventer Netherlands (d. 1627)
Stephen Fox English politician born in Farley Wiltshire (d. 1716)
Benjamin Neukirch German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau) born in Silesia Poland (d. 1729)
Francis II Rkczi Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg born in Borsi Royal Hungary (d. 1735)
Johann Ernst Eberlin German composer born in Jettingen-Scheppach Germany (d. 1762)
Joseph Abaco Italian composer born in Brussels (d. 1805)
Claude Bourgelat French veterinary surgeon born in Lyon France (d. 1779)
Francesco Antonio Zaccaria Italian theologian and historian born in Venice (d. 1795)
Thomas Tyrwhitt English classical scholar and critic born in London (d. 1786)
Augustin Ullinger German composer born in Ranoldsberg Upper Bavaria (d. 1781)
Carlo Buonaparte Corsican attorney and father of emperor Napoleon born in Ajaccio Corsica Republic of Genoa (d. 1785)
Michael Bruce Scottish poet (Elegy written in Spring) born in Portmoak Kinross-shire Scotland (d. 1767)
Richard John Samuel Stevens English composer born in London (d. 1837)
Ishmail Spicer American composer born in Bozrah Connecticut (d. 1832)
Marie-Jean Auguste Vestris French ballet dancer born in Paris (d. 1842)
Franz Xaver von Baader German philosopher and theologist born in Munich (d. 1841)
Giovanni Liverati Italian composer born in Bologna Italy (d. 1846)
August Leopold Crelle German inventor and mathematician (1st Prussian Railway) born in Eichwerder Brandenburg Germany (d. 1855)
Louis XVII Charles King of France (1793-95) born in Palace of Versailles France (d. 1795)
Alfred Victor Comte de Vigny French musketeer and writer (Moise Chatterton) born in Loches France (d. 1863)
Georges Eugene Baron Haussmann French administrator and architect born in Paris (d. 1891)
Adolf Glassbrenner German satirical writer born in Berlin (d. 1876)
William Hepworth Thompson English classical scholar and Master of Trinity College Cambridge born in York England (d. 1886)
Nathaniel Currier American lithographer (Currier & Ives) born in Roxbury Massachusetts (d. 1888)
George Elvey English composer born in Canterbury England (d. 1893)
Karl Wilhelm von Ngeli Swiss botanist (famous for his work on plant cells) born in Kilchberg Switzerland (d. 1891)
Jacob Axel Josephson Swedish composer born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1880)
Samuel Kosciusko Zook American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Tredyffrin Township Pennsylvania (d. 1863)
John Ballance 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand and the founder of the Liberal Party born in Glenavy Ireland (d. 1893)
Adolphus Washington Greely American Arctic explorer and recipient of the Medal of Honor born in Newburyport Massachusetts (d. 1935)
Otto Wallach German chemist (Nobel 1910) born in Knigsberg Germany (d. 1931)
Ruperto Chapi Spanish composer born in Villena Spain (d. 1909)
Mar 27 1309 Pope Clement V excommunicates Venice and all its population.
Mar 27 1329 Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
Mar 27 1613 The first English child born in Canada at Cupers Cove Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy