Events & Holidays In October - 27

Independence Day (St. Vincent & the   Grenadines)

National Flag Day (Greece)

Navy Day (United States of America)

Three-Z Day (Zaire (Democratic Congo))

Naming Day (Zaire (Democratic Congo))

1156  On this day in history birth of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)  

1401  On this day in history birth of catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)  

1466  Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536) was born on this day in history.  

1728  On this day in history birth of james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands  

1739  On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Kaa, composer  

1744  Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.  

1746  On this day in history birth of georg Anton Kreusser, composer  

1760  August W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.  

0925  On this day in history rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies  

0939  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on this day in history.  

1271  On this day in history death of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)  

1312  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)  

1327  On this day in history death of elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)  

1331  On this day in history aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies  

1430  Death of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350) on this day in history.  

1439  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 on this day in history.