Famous Deaths Happened In December - 27
Sunday, 14 September 2025
0418 Zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies on this day in history.
0975 On December - 27 balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies
1065 On this day in history ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies
1076 On this day in history death of prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027)
1381 On December - 27 death of edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician
1548 Death of Francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502) on this day in history.
1590 On this day in history emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty, dies at 33
1595 Pietro Pontio, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1603 Thomas Cartwright, English Presbyterian publicist, dies at about 68 on December - 27.
1631 Death of John Pijnas, Dutch painter, buried at about 47 on December - 27.
1641 Francois van d'Aerssen, ruler of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1707 Death of Jean Mabillon, French palaeograopher and diplomat (b. 1632) on December - 27.
1737 Death of William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663) on this day in history.
1743 Death of Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659) on this day in history.
1771 On December - 27 death of henri Pitot, French engineer (b. 1695)
1782 On December - 27 death of henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish philosopher (b. 1697)
1800 On December - 27 death of hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (b. 1718)
1805 On this day in history belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at 65
1812 On December - 27 death of shneur Zalman of Liadi, Lithuanian rabbi and founder of Chabad Hasidism (b. 1745)
1834 Death of Charles Lamb, English essayist (b. 1775) on December - 27.
1836 On this day in history stephen Fuller Austin, founder of state of Texas, dies at 43
1858 Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer, dies at 73 on December - 27.
1877 On December - 27 nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Metshty into Zvuki), dies at 56
1880 On December - 27 alessandro Nini, composer, dies at 75
1896 On this day in history death of john Brown, British manufacturer (b. 1816)
1900 On December - 27 william G Armstrong, of Cragside, Brit const (hydr crane), dies at 90
1914 On December - 27 death of charles Martin Hall, American chemist and inventor (b. 1863)
1916 On December - 27 nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer, dies at 70
1919 On this day in history achilles Alferaki, composer, dies at 73
1924 On December - 27 william Archer, Scottish critic/playwright (Green Goddess), dies at 68
1925 Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/literary (Assault!), dies at 44 on this day in history.
1930 William Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at 63 on this day in history.
1931 On December - 27 peter Christian Lutkin, composer, dies at 73
1936 Hans von Seeckt, German Gen/advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, dies at 70 on December - 27.
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