Famous Deaths In August - 27

0542  On August - 27 death of saint Caesarius of Arles  

0827  Death of Pope Eugene II on August - 27.  

1208  Irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles, dies on this day in history.  

1312  On August - 27 death of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1262)  

1394  Death of Chokei, Emperor of Japan (b. 1343) on this day in history.  

1450  Death of Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395) on August - 27.  

1521  On this day in history josquin Des Prez, composer, dies  

1522  On August - 27 giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about 75  

1545  Death of Piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop (b. 1487) on August - 27.  

1572  On this day in history death of claude Goudimel, French composer  

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1576  On August - 27 titian, [Tiziano Vecelli], Italian painter, dies of plague  

1577  Death of Titian, Italian artist on August - 27.  

1590  On August - 27 sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], Pope (1585-90), dies at 68  

1608  Hendrik van Kinschot, [Henricus Kinschotus], lawyer, dies at 66 on August - 27.  

1611  On August - 27 tomés L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies  

1635  Lope Felix de Vega, playwright/poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1651  On this day in history jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43  

1664  Death of Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598) on this day in history.  

1667  On August - 27 death of adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, buried at 33  

1746  On this day in history johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, composer, dies  

1748  On this day in history james Thomson, dies  

1773  Death of Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721) on August - 27.  

1827  On this day in history ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat, dies  

1828  On this day in history eise J Eisinga, constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84  

1830  Death of Louis H J Condé, French prince, commits suicide at 74 on August - 27.  

1840  William Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office on August - 27.  

1841  Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer, dies at 65 on August - 27.  

1846  On this day in history frantiszek Scigalski, composer, dies at 64  

1855  On August - 27 francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36  

1857  Death of Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American literary critic and editor (b. 1812) on August - 27.  

1865  On August - 27 jozef Nowakowski, composer, dies at 64  

1867  Karol Katski, composer, dies at 51 on August - 27.  

1868  Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82 on August - 27.  

1871  On this day in history death of william Whiting Boardman, American politician (b. 1794)  

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1407  Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425) was born on August - 27.  

1471  George von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia was born on this day in history.  

1471  On August - 27 birth of george, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)  

1487  On August - 27 birth of anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514)  

1545  On this day in history birth of alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat  

1562  On this day in history birth of hans Leo Hassler, composer  

1583  On August - 27 birth of simon Besler, composer  

1630  Maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter was born on this day in history.