On this day: 27 April

Selected events and births on 27 April, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 395 – Aelia Eudoxia married Byzantine emperor Arcadius without the knowledge or consent of Rufinus, the Praetorian prefect who had intended for his own daughter to wed the emperor. Read more: Aelia Eudoxia Byzantine Empire Arcadius
• 1810 – Ludwig van Beethoven composed his Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, better known as "Für Elise" , one of his most popular compositions. Read more: Ludwig van Beethoven Für Elise
• 1904 – Chris Watson became the first prime minister of Australia from the Australian Labor Party. Read more: Chris Watson Prime Minister of Australia Australian Labor Party
• 1911 – The Second Canton Uprising took place but was suppressed in Guangzhou, China. Read more: Second Guangzhou Uprising Guangzhou
• 1936 – The trilogy The Adventure Girls (second book pictured), by the children's author Clair Blank, was copyrighted by A. L. Burt. Read more: The Adventure Girls Clair Blank A. L. Burt
• 1949 – In response to the treatment of Lorenzo Gamboa under the White Australia policy, the Philippine House of Representatives passed a bill banning Australians from the country. Read more: Lorenzo Gamboa White Australia policy House of Representatives of the Philippines
• 1961 – Prime Minister Milton Margai led the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate to independence from the United Kingdom. Read more: Milton Margai Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate
• 1967 – The Expo 67 world's fair opened in Montreal, with 62 nations participating and more than 50 million visitors ultimately attending. Read more: Expo 67 World's fair Montreal
• 1985 – The black-ball final, one of the most famous snooker matches in history, began between Steve Davis and Dennis Taylor. Read more: 1985 World Snooker Championship final Snooker Steve Davis
• 2005 – The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger airliner, made its maiden flight from Toulouse, France. Read more: Airbus A380 Airliner Toulouse

Born on this day

• 1947 – Nick Greiner, Hungarian-Australian politician, 37th Premier of New South Wales Read more: Nick Greiner Premier of New South Wales
• 1954 – Frank Bainimarama, Fijian commander and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Fiji Read more: Frank Bainimarama Prime Minister of Fiji
• 1961 – Andrew Schlafly, American lawyer and activist, founded Conservapedia Read more: Andrew Schlafly Conservapedia
• 1994 – Corey Seager, American baseball player Read more: Corey Seager
• 1995 – Nick Kyrgios, Australian tennis player Read more: Nick Kyrgios
• 1997 – Jesse Ramien, Australian rugby league player Read more: Jesse Ramien
• 1998 – Cristian Romero, Argentine footballer Read more: Cristian Romero
• 1999 – Peter Hola, Australian rugby league player Read more: Peter Hola
• 2002 – Anthony Elanga, Swedish footballer Read more: Anthony Elanga
• 2003 – Xavier Worthy, American football player Read more: Xavier Worthy
• 2004 – Arch Manning, American football player Read more: Arch Manning
• 2005 – Mathys Tel, French footballer Read more: Mathys Tel

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / April 27 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.