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 this day in history.  

0847  Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies on this day in history.  

1164  Abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies on this day in history.  

1490  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435) on January - 27.  

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 this day in history death of maarten van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 77  

1625  Adriaen Valerius, notary/Neth Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49 on January - 27.  

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1629  On this day in history hieronymus Praetorius, composer, dies at 68  

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1850  J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85 on January - 27.  

1851  John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65 on January - 27.  

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 January - 27.  

1860  On January - 27 death of jános Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1802)  

1864  On this day in history franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59  

1866  John Gibson, sculptor, dies on this day in history.  

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

1889  Ivan S Aksakov, Russian journalist, dies at 65 on January - 27.  

1893  On January - 27 james G Blaine, US minister of foreign affairs, dies at 62  

1901  On January - 27 death of giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)  

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

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

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

1621  Thomas Willis, English physician (d. 1675) was born on January - 27.  

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