Historical Events In October - 27

0312  Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross on this day in history.   

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

0710  On October - 27 saracen invasion of Sardinia.   

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

0939  Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England on October - 27.   

0939  On this day in history aethelstan III, king of England, dies   

1275  On October - 27 traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.   

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 October - 27.   

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

1485  Rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies on October - 27.   

1492  Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba & claims it for Spain on this day in history.   

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

1523  On October - 27 english troops occupy Montalidier France   

1542  Abraham ben Avigdor, rabbi/author (commentary on Tur), dies on this day in history.   

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

1553  Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy on October - 27.   

1580  John Bonga, beggar, dies on October - 27.   

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

1605  On October - 27 akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (born 1542)   

1627  English assault on French Il de Ré on October - 27.   

1644  2nd Battle at Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies on this day in history.   

1651  English troops occupy Limerick Ireland on October - 27.   

1651  On October - 27 jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies   

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

1659  On October - 27 marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged   

1662  On this day in history england sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres   

1676  On October - 27 poland & Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw   

1682  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded on this day in history.   

1688  King James II fires premier Robert Spencer on this day in history.   

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

1725  Jacob Hop, politician/diplomat, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1728  The birth of Captain James Cook, Discoverer of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand on this day in history.   

1728  James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands on October - 27.   

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

1401  Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437) was born on this day in history.   

1466  On October - 27 birth of erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)   

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 October - 27 birth of mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)   

1746  On this day in history birth of georg Anton Kreusser, composer   

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 October - 27.   

1271  On this day in history death of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)   

1312  Death of John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275) on this day in history.   

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 October - 27.   

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

1439  On October - 27 albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42