Famous Deaths Happened In February - 27
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
1167 Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies on this day in history.
1656 Johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies on this day in history.
1659 Death of Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609) on February - 27.
1699 On this day in history death of charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625)
1706 On February - 27 john Evelyn, diarist, dies
1720 On this day in history death of samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653)
1731 On February - 27 angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76
1733 Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.
1735 On this day in history john Arbuthnot, physician/mathematician, dies
1779 Jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59 on this day in history.
1797 Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 on February - 27.
1805 Stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57 on February - 27.
1844 Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 on February - 27.
1852 On February - 27 joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69
1862 Gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23 on February - 27.
1881 On February - 27 george Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46
1887 On February - 27 alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53
1892 On this day in history death of louis Vuitton, French luggage maker (b. 1821)
1913 On February - 27 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 Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65 on February - 27.
1932 On February - 27 death of william Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (b. 1843)
1936 On this day in history ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86
1939 On February - 27 nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70
1940 Peter Behrens, German architect, dies on this day in history.
1941 Death of William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (b. 1895) on this day in history.
1942 On February - 27 death of karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52
1943 Death of Kostis Palamas, Greek poet, twice nominated for the Nobel prize (b. 1859) on February - 27.
1945 HJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen on February - 27.
1947 On this day in history mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89
1950 Ivan Goll, writer, dies at 58 on February - 27.
1952 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74 on this day in history.
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