Famous Deaths Happened In February - 27
Sunday, 16 November 2025
1167 Robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies on this day in history. 

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 On February - 27 death of charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625) 

1706 On February - 27 john Evelyn, diarist, dies 

1720 Death of Samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653) on this day in history. 

1731 On February - 27 angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76 

1733 Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46 on February - 27. 

1735 John Arbuthnot, physician/mathematician, dies on February - 27. 

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 Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 on February - 27. 

1852 Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69 on February - 27. 

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 this day in history 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 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 On this day in history schofield Haigh, cricketer (Eng all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies 

1923 Charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67 on February - 27. 

1929 On this day in history manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65 

1932 On this day in history 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 this day in history nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70 

1940 On February - 27 peter Behrens, German architect, dies 

1941 On this day in history death of william D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (b. 1895) 

1942 On this day in history 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 On February - 27 hJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen 

1947 On February - 27 mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89 

1950 On this day in history ivan Goll, writer, dies at 58 

1952 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74 on February - 27. 

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