This Day in History : [ 27 / Mar ]

1782 Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain

Served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1765-6 and again from 27 March 1782 until his death four months later on 1 July 1782.Watson-Wentworth was a prominent Whig politician during his time in office leading the Rockingham Whig faction.

Mar 27 1416

Antonio Squarcialupi Italian composer and organist born in Florence (d. 1480)

Mar 27 1554

Eberhard Bronchorst Dutch lawyer born in Deventer Netherlands (d. 1627)

Mar 27 1627

Stephen Fox English politician born in Farley Wiltshire (d. 1716)

Mar 27 1665

Benjamin Neukirch German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau) born in Silesia Poland (d. 1729)

Mar 27 1676

Francis II Rkczi Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburg born in Borsi Royal Hungary (d. 1735)

Mar 27 1702

Johann Ernst Eberlin German composer born in Jettingen-Scheppach Germany (d. 1762)

Mar 27 1710

Joseph Abaco Italian composer born in Brussels (d. 1805)

Mar 27 1712

Claude Bourgelat French veterinary surgeon born in Lyon France (d. 1779)

Mar 27 1714

Francesco Antonio Zaccaria Italian theologian and historian born in Venice (d. 1795)

Mar 27 1730

Thomas Tyrwhitt English classical scholar and critic born in London (d. 1786)

Mar 27 1746

Augustin Ullinger German composer born in Ranoldsberg Upper Bavaria (d. 1781)

Mar 27 1746

Carlo Buonaparte Corsican attorney and father of emperor Napoleon born in Ajaccio Corsica Republic of Genoa (d. 1785)

Mar 27 1746

Michael Bruce Scottish poet (Elegy written in Spring) born in Portmoak Kinross-shire Scotland (d. 1767)

Mar 27 1757

Richard John Samuel Stevens English composer born in London (d. 1837)

Mar 27 1760

Ishmail Spicer American composer born in Bozrah Connecticut (d. 1832)

Mar 27 1760

Marie-Jean Auguste Vestris French ballet dancer born in Paris (d. 1842)

Mar 27 1765

Franz Xaver von Baader German philosopher and theologist born in Munich (d. 1841)

Mar 27 1772

Giovanni Liverati Italian composer born in Bologna Italy (d. 1846)

Mar 27 1780

August Leopold Crelle German inventor and mathematician (1st Prussian Railway) born in Eichwerder Brandenburg Germany (d. 1855)

Mar 27 1785

Louis XVII Charles King of France (1793-95) born in Palace of Versailles France (d. 1795)

Mar 27 1797

Alfred Victor Comte de Vigny French musketeer and writer (Moise Chatterton) born in Loches France (d. 1863)

Mar 27 1809

Georges Eugene Baron Haussmann French administrator and architect born in Paris (d. 1891)

Mar 27 1810

Adolf Glassbrenner German satirical writer born in Berlin (d. 1876)

Mar 27 1810

William Hepworth Thompson English classical scholar and Master of Trinity College Cambridge born in York England (d. 1886)

Mar 27 1813

Nathaniel Currier American lithographer (Currier & Ives) born in Roxbury Massachusetts (d. 1888)

Mar 27 1816

George Elvey English composer born in Canterbury England (d. 1893)

Mar 27 1817

Karl Wilhelm von Ngeli Swiss botanist (famous for his work on plant cells) born in Kilchberg Switzerland (d. 1891)

Mar 27 1818

Jacob Axel Josephson Swedish composer born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1880)

Mar 27 1823

Samuel Kosciusko Zook American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Tredyffrin Township Pennsylvania (d. 1863)

Mar 27 1839

John Ballance 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand and the founder of the Liberal Party born in Glenavy Ireland (d. 1893)

Mar 27 1844

Adolphus Washington Greely American Arctic explorer and recipient of the Medal of Honor born in Newburyport Massachusetts (d. 1935)

Mar 27 1847

Otto Wallach German chemist (Nobel 1910) born in Knigsberg Germany (d. 1931)

Mar 27 1851

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

This Day in History : [ 27 / Mar ]

1782 Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain

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1782 Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain

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