Famous Deaths Happened In February - 27
Friday, 18 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 Death of Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609) on this day in history.
1699 Death of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625) on this day in history.
1706 On this day in history john Evelyn, diarist, dies
1720 On this day in history death of samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653)
1731 On this day in history angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76
1733 On this day in history johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46
1735 John Arbuthnot, physician/mathematician, dies on February - 27.
1779 Jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59 on February - 27.
1797 On February - 27 benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61
1805 On February - 27 stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57
1844 Nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 on February - 27.
1852 Joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.
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 February - 27.
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 this day in history.
1921 Schofield Haigh, cricketer (Eng all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies on this day in history.
1923 On February - 27 charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67
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 Ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86 on this day in history.
1939 Nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70 on February - 27.
1940 On February - 27 peter Behrens, German architect, dies
1941 Death of William D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (b. 1895) on this day in history.
1942 Death of Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52 on February - 27.
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 this day in history.
1947 Mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89 on this day in history.
1950 On this day in history ivan Goll, writer, dies at 58
1952 On this day in history theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74
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