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

0710  Saracen invasion of Sardinia on October - 27.  

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

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

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

1275  On October - 27 traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.  

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

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

1449  On October - 27 ulugh Beg, a USSR astronomer, dies at 56  

1485  On this day in history rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies  

1492  Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba & claims it for Spain on October - 27.  

1505  Ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies on October - 27.  

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

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

1553  On this day in history condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.  

1553  On this day in history 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 October - 27 akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (born 1542)  

1627  On October - 27 english assault on French Il de Ré  

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

1651  On October - 27 english troops occupy Limerick Ireland  

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

1652  On October - 27 henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies  

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

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  On this day in history philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.  

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

1702  On October - 27 english troops plunder St Augustine Florida  

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

1728  On October - 27 the birth of Captain James Cook, Discoverer of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand  

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

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

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

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

1744  On this day in history birth of mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819)  

1746  On October - 27 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  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on this day in history.  

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