Famous Deaths In February - 27
Friday, 26 July 2024
1167 On this day in history robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies
1656 Johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies on this day in history.
1659 On this day in history death of henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609)
1699 Death of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625) on this day in history.
1706 On this day in history john Evelyn, diarist, dies
1720 On February - 27 death of samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653)
1731 Angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76 on February - 27.
1733 On this day in history johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46
1735 On this day in history john Arbuthnot, physician/mathematician, dies
1779 On February - 27 jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59
1797 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1805 Stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57 on February - 27.
1844 Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 on February - 27.
1852 Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1862 On February - 27 gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23
1881 George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46 on this day in history.
1887 On February - 27 alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53
1892 Death of Louis Vuitton, French luggage maker (b. 1821) on February - 27.
1913 Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58 on February - 27.
1920 Alexandru D Xenopol, Romanian historian, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1921 Schofield Haigh, cricketer (Eng all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies on this day in history.
1923 On February - 27 charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67
1929 Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65 on February - 27.
1932 Death of William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (b. 1843) on February - 27.
1936 Ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86 on February - 27.
1939 Nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70 on February - 27.
1940 On this day in history peter Behrens, German architect, dies
1941 On this day in history death of william D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (b. 1895)
1942 On this day in history death of karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52
1943 Death of Kostis Palamas, Greek poet, twice nominated for the Nobel prize (b. 1859) on this day in history.
1945 HJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen on February - 27.
1947 On this day in history mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89
1950 On February - 27 ivan Goll, writer, dies at 58
1952 On this day in history theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74
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