Famous Deaths In January - 27

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

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

0672  Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies on January - 27.  

0847  Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies on January - 27.  

1164  On this day in history abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies  

1490  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435)  

1540  On this day in history angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies  

1565  On this day in history robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies  

1612  On January - 27 death of maarten van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 77  

1625  On this day in history adriaen Valerius, notary/Neth Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49  

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1629  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1638  Death of Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist on January - 27.  

1669  On January - 27 gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter, dies at 87  

1699  William Temple, statesman, dies on January - 27.  

1731  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Ital piano builder, dies at 75 on January - 27.  

1740  Death of Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692) on this day in history.  

1763  On this day in history john Theodor of Bavaria, prince-bishop of Liege/cardinal, dies  

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

1814  Johann Gottlieb Fichte, philosopher, dies on January - 27.  

1816  Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies on this day in history.  

1850  On this day in history 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 January - 27.  

1858  Gerrit van der Linde Jz, Dutch "Principal", poet, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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

1860  On this day in history death of jános Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1802)  

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

1866  On this day in history john Gibson, sculptor, dies  

1880  Death of Edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830) on January - 27.  

1889  Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1893  James G Blaine, US minister of foreign affairs, dies at 62 on January - 27.  

1901  Death of Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813) on this day in history.  

1904  Adam Minchejmer, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

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1443  On this day in history birth of albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)  

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

1556  On this day in history birth of abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629)  

1585  Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634) was born on this day in history.  

1592  Pierre de La Barre, composer was born on this day in history.  

1603  On January - 27 birth of harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685)  

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