Historical Events In January - 27

0098  Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva on this day in history.  

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

0661  Rashidun Caliphate ended with death of Ali on January - 27.  

0672  On this day in history st Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope  

0672  Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies on January - 27.  

0847  On this day in history sergius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope  

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

1142  Wrongful execution of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei on this day in history.  

1164  On January - 27 abraham ibn Ezra, poet/philosopher, dies  

1186  On January - 27 henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, weds Constance of Sicily.  

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1302  On January - 27 dante becomes a Florentine political exile  

1343  On this day in history pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus.  

1538  On this day in history states of Gelderland accepts Willem van Kleef as viceroy  

1540  Angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies on this day in history.  

1546  On this day in history joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg)  

1556  On this day in history willem of Orange becomes knight of Guilder Flies  

1556  On January - 27 abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629)  

1565  On January - 27 robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies  

1592  Pierre de La Barre, composer on January - 27.  

1593  On this day in history vatican opens 7 year trial against scholar Giordano Bruno  

1612  On this day in history maarten van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 77  

1625  On this day in history adriaen Valerius, notary/Neth Gedenck-clanck, dies at about 49  

1629  On January - 27 hieronymus Praetorius, composer, dies at 68  

1638  Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish novelist on January - 27.  

1662  First American lime kiln begins operation (Providence RI) on this day in history.  

1662  1st American lime kiln begins operation (Providence RI) on January - 27.  

1662  On January - 27 richard Bentley, Oulton, scholar/controversialist  

1669  Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish painter, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

1671  On this day in history pirate Henry Morgen lands at Panama City  

1679  On January - 27 jean-Francois de Troy, French painter  

1695  On this day in history mustafa II becomes the Ottoman sultan in Istanbul on the death of Ahmed II. Mustafa rules until his death in 1703.  

1699  On this day in history william Temple, statesman, dies  

1701  Johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan (bishop) on this day in history.  

1710  Czar Peter the Great sets first Russian state budget on this day in history.  

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1443  Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500) was born on this day in history.  

1546  Joachim III Frederick, elector (Brandenburg) was born on January - 27.  

1556  On this day in history birth of abbas I, "the Great," shah of Persia (1587-1629)  

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

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

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.  

0098  On January - 27 marius Cocceius Nerva, emperor of Rome (96-98), dies at about 67  

0661  On this day in history death of death of Ali, the final Sunni Rashidun and first Shia Imam.(b. 599 or 600)  

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

0847  On this day in history sergius II, pope (844-47), dies  

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

1490  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435) on this day in history.  

1540  On January - 27 angela Merici, Italian monk/monastery, dies  

1565  Robrecht de Berghes, prince-bishop of Liege (1557-64), dies on this day in history.