Historical Events In October - 27

0312  Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.   

0625  In this year, Honorius I starts his reign as Catholic Pope.   

0710  Saracen invasion of Sardinia   

0925  Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies   

0939  Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England.   

0939  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies.   

1275  Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.   

1331  Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies   

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

1449  Ulugh Beg, a USSR astronomer, dies at 56.   

1485  Rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies.   

1492  In this year, Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba and claims it for Spain.   

1505  Ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies   

1523  English troops occupy Montalidier France   

1542  Abraham ben Avigdor, rabbi/author (commentary on Tur), dies   

1553  Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva   

1553  Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy   

1580  John Bonga, beggar, dies   

1605  Spanish army under General Spinola occupies Wachtendonk.   

1605  Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (born 1542)   

1627  English assault on French Il de Ré.   

1644  2nd Battle at Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies   

1651  English troops occupy Limerick Ireland   

1651  Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies.   

1652  Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies.   

1659  Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged.   

1662  England sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres   

1676  Poland and Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw   

1682  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded   

1688  King James II fires premier Robert Spencer.   

1702  English troops plunder St Augustine Florida   

1725  Jacob Hop, politician/diplomat, dies at 71   

1728  Captain James Cook, Discoverer of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand is born   

1728  James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands   

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1156  On October - 27 birth of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)   

1401  Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437) was born on October - 27.   

1466  On this day in history birth of erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)   

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

1739  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer was born on October - 27.   

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

1746  Georg Anton Kreusser, composer was born on this day in history.   

1760  August W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.   

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

0939  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on this day in history.   

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

1312  Death of John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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