Famous Deaths Happened In December - 27
Thursday, 18 September 2025
0418 On this day in history zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8), dies
0975 On this day in history balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75), dies
1065 On this day in history ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies
1076 Death of Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027) on December - 27.
1381 On this day in history death of edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician
1548 On December - 27 death of francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502)
1590 Emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty, dies at 33 on December - 27.
1595 On December - 27 pietro Pontio, composer, dies at 63
1603 Thomas Cartwright, English Presbyterian publicist, dies at about 68 on December - 27.
1631 On December - 27 death of john Pijnas, Dutch painter, buried at about 47
1641 On this day in history francois van d'Aerssen, ruler of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69
1707 On December - 27 death of jean Mabillon, French palaeograopher and diplomat (b. 1632)
1737 Death of William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663) on December - 27.
1743 On December - 27 death of hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659)
1771 Death of Henri Pitot, French engineer (b. 1695) on December - 27.
1782 On December - 27 death of henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish philosopher (b. 1697)
1800 Death of Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (b. 1718) on December - 27.
1805 On this day in history belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at 65
1812 On December - 27 death of shneur Zalman of Liadi, Lithuanian rabbi and founder of Chabad Hasidism (b. 1745)
1834 On this day in history death of charles Lamb, English essayist (b. 1775)
1836 Stephen Fuller Austin, founder of state of Texas, dies at 43 on December - 27.
1858 Alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer, dies at 73 on December - 27.
1877 Nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Metshty into Zvuki), dies at 56 on this day in history.
1880 Alessandro Nini, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1896 On December - 27 death of john Brown, British manufacturer (b. 1816)
1900 William G Armstrong, of Cragside, Brit const (hydr crane), dies at 90 on this day in history.
1914 Death of Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and inventor (b. 1863) on this day in history.
1916 On December - 27 nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer, dies at 70
1919 Achilles Alferaki, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1924 On this day in history william Archer, Scottish critic/playwright (Green Goddess), dies at 68
1925 On December - 27 louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/literary (Assault!), dies at 44
1930 On December - 27 william Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at 63
1931 Peter Christian Lutkin, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1936 On December - 27 hans von Seeckt, German Gen/advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, dies at 70
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