Famous Deaths In February - 27
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1167 Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies on February - 27.
1656 On this day in history johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies
1659 On this day in history death of henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609)
1699 On February - 27 death of charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625)
1706 On February - 27 john Evelyn, diarist, dies
1720 Death of Samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653) on this day in history.
1731 On February - 27 angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76
1733 On February - 27 johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46
1735 John Arbuthnot, physician/mathematician, dies on this day in history.
1779 Jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59 on February - 27.
1797 On February - 27 benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61
1805 On February - 27 stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57
1844 On this day in history nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85
1852 On February - 27 joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69
1862 Gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1913 On this day in history adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58
1920 Alexandru D Xenopol, Romanian historian, dies at 72 on February - 27.
1921 Schofield Haigh, cricketer (Eng all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies on this day in history.
1923 Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67 on February - 27.
1929 On this day in history manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65
1932 Death of William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (b. 1843) on this day in history.
1936 On this day in history ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86
1939 On this day in history nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70
1940 On February - 27 peter Behrens, German architect, dies
1941 Death of William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (b. 1895) on this day in history.
1942 Death of Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52 on February - 27.
1943 On February - 27 death of kostis Palamas, Greek poet, twice nominated for the Nobel prize (b. 1859)
1945 HJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen on February - 27.
1947 Mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89 on February - 27.
1950 Ivan Goll, writer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1952 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74 on this day in history.
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