Events & Holidays In January - 27

Feast of St. Sava (Serbia)

National Activity Professionals Day (United States of America)

Sainte Dévote (Monaco)

Vietnam Day (Vietnam)

WWII Genocide Memorial Day (Germany United Kingdom)

1443  On this day in history birth of albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)  

1546  Joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg) was born on this day in history.  

1556  Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629) was born on this day in history.  

1585  On this day in history birth of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)  

1592  On this day in history birth of pierre de La Barre, composer  

1603  On this day in history birth of harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685)  

1621  Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.  

1662  Richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist was born on this day in history.  

0098  On this day in history marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67  

0661  Death of Death of Ali, the final Sunni Rashidun and first Shia Imam.(b. 599 or 600) on this day in history.  

0672  On this day in history vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies  

0847  On this day in history sergius II, pope (844-47), dies  

1164  On this day in history abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies  

1490  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435)  

1540  On this day in history angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies  

1565  Robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies on this day in history.