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  King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095) was born on this day in history.  

1350  Manuel II Palaiologos, Eastern Roman Emperor was born on this day in history.  

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

1550  Charles IX, King of France (1560-74) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (d. 1799)  

1718  On this day in history birth of wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer  

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  On this day in history death of eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)  

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  On this day in history death of giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511)  

1603  Death of Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1539) on this day in history.