Famous Deaths In August - 27

0542  Death of Saint Caesarius of Arles on this day in history.  

0827  Death of Pope Eugene II on this day in history.  

1208  On August - 27 irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles, dies  

1312  Death of Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1262) on August - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1522  On this day in history giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about 75  

1545  On August - 27 death of piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop (b. 1487)  

1572  Death of Claude Goudimel, French composer on this day in history.  

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

1577  Death of Titian, Italian artist on this day in history.  

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

1608  On August - 27 hendrik van Kinschot, [Henricus Kinschotus], lawyer, dies at 66  

1611  Tomés L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies on this day in history.  

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

1651  Jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43 on August - 27.  

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

1667  Death of Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, buried at 33 on August - 27.  

1746  Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1748  On August - 27 james Thomson, dies  

1773  Death of Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721) on this day in history.  

1827  On August - 27 ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat, dies  

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

1830  On this day in history death of louis H J Condé, French prince, commits suicide at 74  

1840  On August - 27 william Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office  

1841  Ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1846  On August - 27 frantiszek Scigalski, composer, dies at 64  

1855  On this day in history francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36  

1857  On this day in history death of rufus Wilmot Griswold, American literary critic and editor (b. 1812)  

1865  On this day in history jozef Nowakowski, composer, dies at 64  

1867  On August - 27 karol Katski, composer, dies at 51  

1868  On August - 27 franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82  

1871  Death of William Whiting Boardman, American politician (b. 1794) on this day in history.  

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

1471  On this day in history birth of george von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia  

1471  George, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539) was born on August - 27.  

1487  On this day in history 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  Simon Besler, composer was born on August - 27.  

1630  On this day in history birth of maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter