Historical Events In January - 30
Tuesday, 27 January 2026
1077 Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Henry IV 

1156 Herman van Horn, bishop of Utrecht (1151/52-56), dies 

1349 Gunther of Schwarzburg chosen German anti-king 

1393 Aimery Poitiers, French nobleman, burned at royal ball. 

1467 Battle at Velke Kostolany: Hung king Mátyás Corvinus beats Bratrici. 

1487 Bell chimes invented 

1522 Duke of Albany takes captured French back to Scotland. 

1544 Adrian van Goes is recorded as becoming land advocate of Holland 

1563 Franciscus Gomarus, [Francois Gomaer], Dutch theologist/opera singer 

1566 Alessandro Piccinini, composer. 

1584 Jonker Wigbold van Ewsum, mister of Nienoord, dies in battle. 

1592 Ippolito Aldobrandini elected Pope Clement VIII 

1595 Shakespere's "Romeo and Juilet" was inaugural performed. 

1616 William Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury). 

1624 Arnold Geulincx, South Netherland, philosopher (About Virtue) 

1628 George Villiers, 2nd duke of Buckingham England. 

1644 William Chillingworth, Engl theologian, Cambridge Platonist, dies. 

1647 King Charles I handed over to English parliament. 

1647 Konrad Hoffler, composer. 

1648 Spain and Netherlands sign Peace of Munster, ending Tachtigjarige War 

1649 King Charles I of England is beheaded 

1649 Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), beheaded for treason. 

1661 Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed after having been dead for two years. 

1667 Treaty of Andrussovo Russia and Poland sign peace treaty. 

1667 Treaty of Andrussovo: Russia and Poland sign peace treaty. 

1687 [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, baptized 

1694 Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster, composer 

1697 Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer 

1708 Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist 

1710 Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer. 

1713 England and Netherlands sign 2nd anti-French boundary treaty 

1724 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer 

1730 Peter II Alekseyevitch, emperor of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14 

1752 Joseph Matthias Kracher, composer. 

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