Historical Events In October - 27

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

0625  Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on October - 27.  

0710  Saracen invasion of Sardinia on this day in history.  

0925  On this day in history rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies  

0939  On October - 27 edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England.  

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

1275  Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam on this day in history.  

1331  On October - 27 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  

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

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

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

1523  English troops occupy Montalidier France on October - 27.  

1542  On October - 27 abraham ben Avigdor, rabbi/author (commentary on Tur), dies  

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

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

1580  John Bonga, beggar, dies on October - 27.  

1605  Spanish army under General Spinola occupies Wachtendonk on this day in history.  

1605  On this day in history akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (born 1542)  

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

1644  2nd Battle at Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies on October - 27.  

1651  On this day in history english troops occupy Limerick Ireland  

1651  On October - 27 jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies  

1652  Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies on October - 27.  

1659  Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged on October - 27.  

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

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

1682  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded on October - 27.  

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

1702  On October - 27 english troops plunder St Augustine Florida  

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

1728  On October - 27 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 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 October - 27 birth of james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands  

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

1744  Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies  

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

1271  On October - 27 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  On October - 27 death of elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)  

1331  Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies on October - 27.  

1430  Death of Vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350) on this day in history.  

1439  On this day in history albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42