Famous Deaths In June - 27

0444  Cyrillus van Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on this day in history.  

1137  On June - 27 guigo de Castro, [Venerabilis], 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse, dies  

1162  On June - 27 death of eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)  

1296  Floris V, count of Holland & Zeeland, dies on this day in history.  

1458  On June - 27 alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies  

1543  Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Ital monk (De golden ezel), dies on June - 27.  

1574  On this day in history death of giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511)  

1603  On this day in history death of jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1539)  

1627  On this day in history death of john Hayward, English historian  

1638  Lukaris Cyrillus, patriarch of Alexandria/Constantinople, dies on June - 27.  

1641  On this day in history michiel Jansz of Mierevelt, royal painter, dies at 74  

1654  Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg), dies at 67 on June - 27.  

1672  Death of Roger Twysden, English antiquarian (b. 1597) on June - 27.  

1679  On this day in history pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68  

1720  Death of Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639) on this day in history.  

1757  On June - 27 willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59  

1773  Death of Mentewab, dowager Empress of Ethiopia (b. circa 1706) on this day in history.  

1776  On this day in history death of thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed  

1785  Egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84 on June - 27.  

1794  On this day in history death of wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, Austrian statesman (b. 1711)  

1814  Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer, dies at 61 on June - 27.  

1827  On this day in history death of johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian (b. 1754)  

1829  James Smithson, dies, his will establishes Smithsonian Institute on June - 27.  

1831  Death of Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776) on June - 27.  

1832  Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisla, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1839  On June - 27 ranjit Singh, gov of Lahore, dies  

1844  On this day in history death of hyrum Smith, founder/leader (Mormon Church), shot by mob in Carthage Ill  

1848  Death of Denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54 on this day in history.  

1859  Jean C Baud, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1834-36), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1862  Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35 on this day in history.  

1863  Death of Martin E Green, Confederate brig-general, shot dead at 38 on June - 27.  

1864  On this day in history charles Garrison Harker, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle at 26  

1876  On this day in history christian G Ehrenberg, German zoologist (micro-organisms), dies at 81  

1889  On this day in history carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies  

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1040  King Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095) was born on this day in history.  

1350  On this day in history birth of manuel II Palaiologos, Eastern Roman Emperor  

1462  Louis XII, the Just, King of France (1498-1515) was born on this day in history.  

1550  On this day in history birth of charles IX, King of France (1560-74)  

1615  On June - 27 birth of johann Paul Schor, German Baroque painter  

1696  William Pepperrell, British colonial soldier (d. 1759) was born on June - 27.  

1717  On this day in history birth of louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (d. 1799)  

1718  On this day in history birth of wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer