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 this day in history.  

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

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

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1485  Rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies on October - 27.  

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

1505  Ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1553  Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy on this day in history.  

1580  On this day in history john Bonga, beggar, dies  

1605  On this day in history spanish army under General Spinola occupies Wachtendonk  

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 this day in history.  

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 October - 27.  

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

1662  On this day in history 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  King James II fires premier Robert Spencer on this day in history.  

1702  English troops plunder St Augustine Florida on October - 27.  

1725  Jacob Hop, politician/diplomat, dies at 71 on October - 27.  

1728  The birth of Captain James Cook, Discoverer of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand on October - 27.  

1728  On this day in history 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  Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437) was born on October - 27.  

1466  Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536) was born on October - 27.  

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

1739  On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Kaa, composer  

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

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

1760  On October - 27 birth of august W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal  

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

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

1271  On October - 27 death of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)  

1312  Death of John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275) on October - 27.  

1327  Death of Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289) on October - 27.  

1331  On October - 27 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.