Historical Events In March - 27
Monday, 02 February 2026
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0922 The Persian mystic Al-Hallaj (abu al-Mughith-al-Hsayn ibn Mansur), 64, is sentenced to death for heresy after a long trial and is flogged, mutilated, and beheaded March 27 at Baghdad He has supported reform of the caliphate and been seen as a rabble-rouser 

0922 Al-Hallaj al-Mughith-al-Hsayn Mansur, Persian mystic, beheaded at 64 

0965 Arnulf I, the Elder/the Great, count of Flanders (918-65), dies 

0973 Herman, Duke of Saxony. 

1309 Pope Clement V excommunicates Venice and all its population 

1329 Pope John XXII issues his 'In Agro Dominico' condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical 

1378 Gregory XI, [Pierre R the Beaufort], last French Pope (1370-78), dies. 

1416 Antonio Squarcialupi, composer. 

1472 Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator, dies at 37. 

1482 Maria, duchess of Burgundy/countess of Holland, dies at 25. 

1513 Spaniard Juan Ponce de Leon discovers Florida. 

1554 Everhardus van Bronchorst, Dutch lawyer 

1555 William Hunter, Protestant martyr. 

1599 Robert Devereux is recorded as becoming Lieutenant-General of Ireland. 

1599 Robert Devereux is recorded as becoming lt-general of Ireland. 

1613 The inaugural English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy 

1614 Port Royal Nova Scotia Jean de Biencourt, Baron de Poutrincourt 1557-1615 rescues starving survivors of Port Royal and takes them back to France 

1625 Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascends to throne 

1625 Charles I, King Of England, Scotland and Ireland, ascends English throne. 

1625 James I Stuart, king of Scotland (1567)/England (1603-25), dies at 58. 

1642 The sixth Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Joseph takes office. 

1665 Benjamin Neukirch, German poet (Herrn von Hofmannswaldau) 

1668 Clemens Thieme, composer, dies at 36. 

1668 English King Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company 

1679 Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38. 

1701 Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, count of Tourville/Fr admiral, dies at 58. 

1702 Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer 

1708 English pretender to the throne James III flees 

1708 English pretender to the throne James III flees to Dunkerk 

1709 Dike at Hardinxveld breaks (Alblasserwaard flooded). 

1710 Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer 

1713 Spain losses Menorca and Gibraltar 

1714 Anton Ulrich, German duke of Brunswick/poet, dies at 80 

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