Famous Deaths Happened In February - 27
Tuesday, 08 July 2025
1167 Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies on February - 27.
1656 On this day in history johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies
1659 On February - 27 death of henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609)
1699 Death of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625) on February - 27.
1706 John Evelyn, diarist, dies on February - 27.
1720 On February - 27 death of samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653)
1731 On February - 27 angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76
1733 On this day in history johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46
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 this day in history.
1844 On this day in history nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85
1852 On this day in history joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69
1862 On this day in history gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23
1881 On February - 27 george Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46
1887 Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1892 On February - 27 death of louis Vuitton, French luggage maker (b. 1821)
1913 Adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58 on this day in history.
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 February - 27.
1923 Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1929 Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65 on February - 27.
1932 Death of William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (b. 1843) on this day in history.
1936 On February - 27 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 On February - 27 peter Behrens, German architect, dies
1941 On February - 27 death of william D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (b. 1895)
1942 Death of Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52 on this day in history.
1943 On February - 27 death of kostis Palamas, Greek poet, twice nominated for the Nobel prize (b. 1859)
1945 HJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen on February - 27.
1947 On February - 27 mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89
1950 Ivan Goll, writer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1952 On this day in history theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74
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