Events & Holidays In June - 27

Anniversary of the Amir's Succession (Qatar)

Independence Day (Djibouti)

Memorial Day for War Martyrs (Vietnam)

Our Lady Perpetual Saviour (Haiti)

1040  On this day in history birth of king Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)   

1350  On this day in history birth of manuel II Palaiologos, Eastern Roman Emperor   

1462  On this day in history birth of louis XII, the Just, King of France (1498-1515)   

1550  On this day in history birth of charles IX, King of France (1560-74)   

1615  On this day in history birth of johann Paul Schor, German Baroque painter   

1696  On this day in history birth of william Pepperrell, British colonial soldier (d. 1759)   

1717  Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

1718  Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer was born on this day in history.   

0444  On this day in history cyrillus van Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria, dies   

1137  On this day in history guigo de Castro, [Venerabilis], 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse, dies   

1162  Death of Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118) on this day in history.   

1296  On this day in history floris V, count of Holland & Zeeland, dies   

1458  Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies on this day in history.   

1543  On this day in history agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Ital monk (De golden ezel), dies   

1574  Death of Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511) on this day in history.   

1603  On this day in history death of jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1539)