Events & Holidays In January - 27

Feast of St. Sava (Serbia)

National Activity Professionals Day (United States of America)

Sainte Dévote (Monaco)

Vietnam Day (Vietnam)

WWII Genocide Memorial Day (Germany United Kingdom)

1443  On this day in history birth of albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)   

1546  On this day in history birth of joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg)   

1556  On this day in history birth of abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629)   

1585  On this day in history birth of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)   

1592  Pierre de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.   

1603  Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.   

1621  Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1662  Richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist was born on this day in history.   

0098  Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

0661  On this day in history death of death of Ali, the final Sunni Rashidun and first Shia Imam.(b. 599 or 600)   

0672  Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0847  On this day in history sergius II, pope (844-47), dies   

1164  On this day in history abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies   

1490  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435) on this day in history.   

1540  Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies on this day in history.   

1565  Robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies on this day in history.