Historical Events In January - 27
Friday, 17 October 2025
0098 Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva on January - 27.
0098 Marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67 on January - 27.
0661 Rashidun Caliphate ended with death of Ali on January - 27.
0672 St Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0672 Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies on January - 27.
0847 Sergius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.
0847 Sergius II, pope (844-47), dies on this day in history.
1142 On this day in history wrongful execution of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei.
1164 On January - 27 abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies
1186 On this day in history henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, weds Constance of Sicily.
1302 Dante becomes a Florentine political exile on this day in history.
1343 Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus on this day in history.
1538 On this day in history states of Gelderland accepts Willem van Kleef as viceroy
1540 Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies on January - 27.
1546 Joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg) on this day in history.
1556 Willem of Orange becomes knight of Guilder Flies on January - 27.
1556 Abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629) on this day in history.
1565 Robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies on this day in history.
1592 Pierre de La Barre, composer on January - 27.
1593 Vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno on this day in history.
1612 Maarten van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 77 on January - 27.
1625 Adriaen Valerius, notary/Neth Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49 on January - 27.
1629 Hieronymus Praetorius, composer, dies at 68 on January - 27.
1638 Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist on this day in history.
1662 First American lime kiln begins operation (Providence RI) on January - 27.
1662 1st American lime kiln begins operation (Providence RI) on January - 27.
1662 On January - 27 richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist
1669 On this day in history gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter, dies at 87
1671 On this day in history pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City
1679 On January - 27 jean-Francois de Troy, French painter
1695 Mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his death in 1703 on January - 27.
1699 On January - 27 william Temple, statesman, dies
1701 On January - 27 johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan (bishop)
1710 Czar Peter the Great sets first Russian state budget on this day in history.
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