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

1137  Guigo de Castro, [Venerabilis], 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse, dies on this day in history.   

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

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.