Famous Deaths In October - 27

0925  On this day in history rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies   

0939  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on this day in history.   

1271  On October - 27 death of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)   

1312  On October - 27 death of john II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)   

1327  On October - 27 death of elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)   

1331  Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies on this day in history.   

1430  Death of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350) on October - 27.   

1439  On this day in history albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42   

1449  On October - 27 ulugh Beg, a USSR astronomer, dies at 56   

1485  On October - 27 rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies   

1505  Ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies on October - 27.   

1542  Abraham ben Avigdor, rabbi/author (commentary on Tur), dies on October - 27.   

1553  Death of Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy on this day in history.   

1561  On October - 27 death of lope de Aguirre, Spanish conquistador (b. 1510)   

1573  On this day in history death of laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1499)   

1580  John Bonga, beggar, dies on this day in history.   

1605  Death of Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (born 1542) on this day in history.   

1617  On this day in history death of ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563)   

1651  On this day in history jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies   

1652  Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies on October - 27.   

1659  Death of Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged on October - 27.   

1670  Death of Vavasor Powell, Welsh non-conformist leader (b. 1617) on this day in history.   

1674  Death of Hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic poet (b. 1614) on this day in history.   

1675  On October - 27 death of gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (b. 1602)   

1725  On this day in history jacob Hop, politician/diplomat, dies at 71   

1771  Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1781  Herman-Francois Delange, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1789  Death of John Cook, American farmer and Governor of Delaware (b. 1730) on October - 27.   

1796  Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz, composer, dies at 45 on October - 27.   

1822  Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1833  On October - 27 ferdinand Franzl, composer, dies at 66   

1848  Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46 on October - 27.   

1864  Andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1917  Death of Arthur Rhys Davids, English pilot (b. 1897) on October - 27.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

1156  Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222) was born on October - 27.   

1401  On this day in history birth of catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)   

1466  On this day in history birth of erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)   

1728  On this day in history birth of james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands   

1739  On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Kaa, composer   

1744  On this day in history birth of mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)   

1746  Georg Anton Kreusser, composer was born on October - 27.   

1760  August W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on October - 27.