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  Louis XII, the Just, King of France (1498-1515) was born on this day in history.  

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  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  Cyrillus van Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on this day in history.  

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  Floris V, count of Holland & Zeeland, dies on this day in history.  

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

1543  Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Ital monk (De golden ezel), dies on this day in history.  

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

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