Famous Deaths In January - 27

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

0661  Death of Death of Ali, the final Sunni Rashidun and first Shia Imam.(b. 599 or 600) on January - 27.  

0672  On this day in history vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies  

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

1164  On January - 27 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 January - 27 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  Adriaen Valerius, notary/Neth Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49 on January - 27.  

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 January - 27.  

1731  Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Ital piano builder, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

1763  On January - 27 john Theodor of Bavaria, prince-bishop of Liege/cardinal, dies  

1802  On January - 27 johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer, dies at 42  

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

1816  Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood/admiral, dies on January - 27.  

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

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

1864  On January - 27 franz von Klenze, German architect (palace Leuchtenberg), dies at 59  

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

1880  On this day in history death of edward Middleton Barry, English architect (b. 1830)  

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

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg)  

1556  Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629) was born on January - 27.  

1585  Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634) was born on January - 27.  

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

1603  On this day in history birth of harbottle Grimston, English politician (d. 1685)  

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

1662  Richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist was born on this day in history.