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 October - 27 saracen invasion of Sardinia.   

0925  Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies on October - 27.   

0939  Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England on October - 27.   

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

1275  Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam on October - 27.   

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

1439  On October - 27 albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42   

1449  On this day in history ulugh Beg, a USSR astronomer, dies at 56   

1485  Rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies on this day in history.   

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

1505  On this day in history ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies   

1523  English troops occupy Montalidier France on this day in history.   

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

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

1553  On October - 27 michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy   

1580  John Bonga, beggar, dies on this day in history.   

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

1605  Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (born 1542) on October - 27.   

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

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

1651  English troops occupy Limerick Ireland on October - 27.   

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  Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged on this day in history.   

1662  England sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history poland & Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw   

1682  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded on October - 27.   

1688  King James II fires premier Robert Spencer on October - 27.   

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

1725  On this day in history 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 October - 27 james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands   

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1156  On this day in history birth of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)   

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

1466  On October - 27 birth of erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)   

1728  James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands was born on October - 27.   

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

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

1746  On October - 27 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 October - 27 aethelstan III, king of England, dies   

1271  Death of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213) on October - 27.   

1312  On this day in history death of john II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)   

1327  On October - 27 death of elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)   

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

1430  On October - 27 death of vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350)   

1439  On October - 27 albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42