Historical Events In October - 27

0312  On October - 27 constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.  

0625  On this day in history honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

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  Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England on this day in history.  

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  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  On this day in history rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies  

1492  On this day in history christopher Columbus discovers Cuba & claims it for Spain  

1505  On October - 27 ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies  

1523  On this day in history english troops occupy Montalidier France  

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 this day in history.  

1553  Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy on October - 27.  

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

1605  Spanish army under General Spinola occupies Wachtendonk on October - 27.  

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

1627  English assault on French Il de Ré on this day in history.  

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

1651  English troops occupy Limerick Ireland on this day in history.  

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

1652  On this day in history henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies  

1659  On October - 27 marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged  

1662  On October - 27 england sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres  

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

1682  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded on this day in history.  

1688  King James II fires premier Robert Spencer on this day in history.  

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

1725  Jacob Hop, politician/diplomat, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1401  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands  

1739  On October - 27 birth of franz Ignaz Kaa, composer  

1744  Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819) was born on October - 27.  

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

1760  On this day in history birth of august W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal  

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

1327  On this day in history 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 this day in history albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42