Famous Deaths In June - 27

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

1137  On this day in history guigo de Castro, [Venerabilis], 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse, dies  

1162  Death of Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118) on this day in history.  

1296  On June - 27 floris V, count of Holland & Zeeland, dies  

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

1543  Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Ital monk (De golden ezel), dies on this day in history.  

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

1603  Death of Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop and diplomat (b. 1539) on this day in history.  

1627  On June - 27 death of john Hayward, English historian  

1638  Lukaris Cyrillus, patriarch of Alexandria/Constantinople, dies on this day in history.  

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1641  On June - 27 michiel Jansz of Mierevelt, royal painter, dies at 74  

1654  On this day in history johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg), dies at 67  

1672  On June - 27 death of roger Twysden, English antiquarian (b. 1597)  

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

1720  Death of Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639) on June - 27.  

1757  Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59 on June - 27.  

1773  Death of Mentewab, dowager Empress of Ethiopia (b. circa 1706) on June - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1814  On June - 27 johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer, dies at 61  

1827  Death of Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian (b. 1754) on this day in history.  

1829  On this day in history james Smithson, dies, his will establishes Smithsonian Institute  

1831  On this day in history death of sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776)  

1832  On this day in history claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisla, composer, dies at 72  

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

1844  Death of Hyrum Smith, founder/leader (Mormon Church), shot by mob in Carthage Ill on June - 27.  

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

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

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

1863  On June - 27 death of martin E Green, Confederate brig-general, shot dead at 38  

1864  Charles Garrison Harker, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle at 26 on June - 27.  

1876  Christian G Ehrenberg, German zoologist (micro-organisms), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

1889  Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies on June - 27.  

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1040  On this day in history birth of king Ladislaus I of Hungary (d. 1095)  

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

1462  On this day in history birth of louis XII, the Just, King of France (1498-1515)  

1550  Charles IX, King of France (1560-74) was born on June - 27.  

1615  On this day in history birth of johann Paul Schor, German Baroque painter  

1696  On this day in history birth of william Pepperrell, British colonial soldier (d. 1759)  

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

1718  On June - 27 birth of wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer