Famous Deaths In January - 27

0098  Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

0661  On this day in history death of death of Ali, the final Sunni Rashidun and first Shia Imam.(b. 599 or 600)   

0672  Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0847  On January - 27 sergius II, pope (844-47), dies   

1164  Abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies on January - 27.   

1490  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435) on this day in history.   

1540  Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies on January - 27.   

1565  Robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies on January - 27.   

1612  Death of Maarten van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 77 on this day in history.   

1625  Adriaen Valerius, notary/Neth Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49 on this day in history.   

1629  On January - 27 hieronymus Praetorius, composer, dies at 68   

1638  Death of Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist on this day in history.   

1669  Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1699  William Temple, statesman, dies on this day in history.   

1731  On January - 27 bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Ital piano builder, dies at 75   

1740  On January - 27 death of louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692)   

1763  John Theodor of Bavaria, prince-bishop of Liege/cardinal, dies on January - 27.   

1802  On this day in history johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer, dies at 42   

1814  Johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher, dies on this day in history.   

1816  On January - 27 samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies   

1850  On January - 27 j Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85   

1851  On this day in history john James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65   

1857  Dorothea von Benckendorff, Baltic monarch of Lieven, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49   

1859  Carl A Agardh, Swedish botanist/bishop of Karlstad, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1860  Death of János Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1802) on this day in history.   

1864  Franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1866  John Gibson, sculptor, dies on January - 27.   

1880  Death of Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830) on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist, dies at 65   

1893  On this day in history james G Blaine, US minister of foreign affairs, dies at 62   

1901  Death of Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813) on January - 27.   

1904  On January - 27 adam Minchejmer, composer, dies at 73   

1919  On January - 27 death of endre Ady, Hungarian poet (b. 1877)   

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1443  On January - 27 birth of albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)   

1546  Joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg) was born on this day in history.   

1556  Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629) was born on this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history birth of hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)   

1592  On this day in history birth of pierre de La Barre, composer   

1603  Harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685) was born on January - 27.   

1621  On January - 27 birth of thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675)   

1662  On this day in history birth of richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist