Famous Deaths Happened In August - 27

0542  On August - 27 death of saint Caesarius of Arles   

0827  Death of Pope Eugene II on this day in history.   

1208  Irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles, dies on this day in history.   

1312  On August - 27 death of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1262)   

1394  Death of Chokei, Emperor of Japan (b. 1343) on this day in history.   

1450  Death of Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395) on August - 27.   

1521  Josquin Des Prez, composer, dies on August - 27.   

1522  Giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about 75 on August - 27.   

1545  Death of Piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop (b. 1487) on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history death of claude Goudimel, French composer   

1576  On August - 27 titian, [Tiziano Vecelli], Italian painter, dies of plague   

1577  On August - 27 death of titian, Italian artist   

1590  Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], Pope (1585-90), dies at 68 on August - 27.   

1608  On this day in history hendrik van Kinschot, [Henricus Kinschotus], lawyer, dies at 66   

1611  Tomés L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history lope Felix de Vega, playwright/poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at 72   

1651  Jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43 on August - 27.   

1664  On August - 27 death of francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598)   

1667  Death of Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, buried at 33 on this day in history.   

1746  On August - 27 johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, composer, dies   

1748  James Thomson, dies on this day in history.   

1773  On August - 27 death of friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)   

1827  On August - 27 ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat, dies   

1828  On this day in history eise J Eisinga, constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84   

1830  On this day in history death of louis H J Condé, French prince, commits suicide at 74   

1840  William Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office on August - 27.   

1841  On August - 27 ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer, dies at 65   

1846  On August - 27 frantiszek Scigalski, composer, dies at 64   

1855  On this day in history francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36   

1857  Death of Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American literary critic and editor (b. 1812) on August - 27.   

1865  Jozef Nowakowski, composer, dies at 64 on August - 27.   

1867  Karol Katski, composer, dies at 51 on August - 27.   

1868  Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1871  Death of William Whiting Boardman, American politician (b. 1794) on this day in history.   

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1407  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425)   

1471  On this day in history birth of george von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia   

1471  On this day in history birth of george, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)   

1487  On this day in history birth of anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514)   

1545  Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1562  On August - 27 birth of hans Leo Hassler, composer   

1583  On August - 27 birth of simon Besler, composer   

1630  Maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter was born on this day in history.