Historical Events In October - 27

0312  Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross on this day in history.  

0625  Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on this day in history.  

0710  On this day in history saracen invasion of Sardinia.  

0925  On October - 27 rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies  

0939  On this day in history edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England.  

0939  On October - 27 aethelstan III, king of England, dies  

1275  On this day in history traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.  

1331  On this day in history aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies  

1439  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 on October - 27.  

1449  Ulugh Beg, a USSR astronomer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1485  Rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies on October - 27.  

1492  Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba & claims it for Spain on this day in history.  

1505  Ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies on this day in history.  

1523  English troops occupy Montalidier France on October - 27.  

1542  Abraham ben Avigdor, rabbi/author (commentary on Tur), dies on this day in history.  

1553  Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva on October - 27.  

1553  Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy on this day in history.  

1580  On this day in history john Bonga, beggar, dies  

1605  On October - 27 spanish army under General Spinola occupies Wachtendonk  

1605  Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (born 1542) on this day in history.  

1627  English assault on French Il de Ré on October - 27.  

1644  2nd Battle at Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies on this day in history.  

1651  On this day in history english troops occupy Limerick Ireland  

1651  On this day in history jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies  

1652  Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies on this day in history.  

1659  On this day in history marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged  

1662  On this day in history england sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres  

1676  Poland & Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw on October - 27.  

1682  On October - 27 philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.  

1688  On October - 27 king James II fires premier Robert Spencer  

1702  English troops plunder St Augustine Florida on this day in history.  

1725  On October - 27 jacob Hop, politician/diplomat, dies at 71  

1728  On this day in history the birth of Captain James Cook, Discoverer of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand  

1728  On this day in history james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands  

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1156  Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222) was born on October - 27.  

1401  On October - 27 birth of catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)  

1466  Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536) was born on October - 27.  

1728  James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands was born on this day in history.  

1739  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer was born on this day in history.  

1744  On October - 27 birth of mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)  

1746  On this day in history birth of georg Anton Kreusser, composer  

1760  August W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on October - 27.  

0925  Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies on this day in history.  

0939  On this day in history aethelstan III, king of England, dies  

1271  On this day in history death of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)  

1312  On October - 27 death of john II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)  

1327  Death of Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289) on October - 27.  

1331  On this day in history aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies  

1430  Death of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350) on October - 27.  

1439  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 on this day in history.