Historical Events In October - 27

0312  Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross on October - 27.   

0625  Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on October - 27.   

0710  Saracen invasion of Sardinia on October - 27.   

0925  Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies on October - 27.   

0939  On October - 27 edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England.   

0939  On October - 27 aethelstan III, king of England, dies   

1275  Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1331  On October - 27 aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies   

1439  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1449  Ulugh Beg, a USSR astronomer, dies at 56 on October - 27.   

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

1492  On October - 27 christopher Columbus discovers Cuba & claims it for Spain   

1505  On this day in history ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies   

1523  English troops occupy Montalidier France on this day in history.   

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

1553  On October - 27 condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.   

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

1580  On this day in history john Bonga, beggar, dies   

1605  On this day in history spanish army under General Spinola occupies Wachtendonk   

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

1627  English assault on French Il de Ré on this day in history.   

1644  2nd Battle at Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies on October - 27.   

1651  English troops occupy Limerick Ireland on October - 27.   

1651  Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies on this day in history.   

1652  Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies on this day in history.   

1659  Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged on this day in history.   

1662  England sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres on October - 27.   

1676  On this day in history poland & Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw   

1682  On this day in history philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.   

1688  King James II fires premier Robert Spencer on October - 27.   

1702  On this day in history english troops plunder St Augustine Florida   

1725  Jacob Hop, politician/diplomat, dies at 71 on October - 27.   

1728  The birth of Captain James Cook, Discoverer of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand on October - 27.   

1728  On October - 27 james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands   

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1156  On this day in history birth of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)   

1401  On October - 27 birth of catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)   

1466  Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536) was born on this day in history.   

1728  On October - 27 birth of james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands   

1739  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer was born on October - 27.   

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  On this day in history birth of august W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal   

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  Death of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213) on October - 27.   

1312  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)   

1327  On this day in history death of elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)   

1331  On October - 27 aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies   

1430  On October - 27 death of vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350)   

1439  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 on this day in history.