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  Saracen invasion of Sardinia on October - 27.  

0925  Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies on this day in history.  

0939  Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England on this day in history.  

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

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  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 on October - 27.  

1449  Ulugh Beg, a USSR astronomer, dies at 56 on October - 27.  

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  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 October - 27.  

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

1580  On October - 27 john Bonga, beggar, dies  

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

1605  On October - 27 akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (born 1542)  

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

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

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

1651  Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies on October - 27.  

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  England sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres on October - 27.  

1676  Poland & Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw on this day in history.  

1682  On this day in history philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.  

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

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1156  Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222) was born on October - 27.  

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

1746  Georg Anton Kreusser, composer was born on this day in history.  

1760  On October - 27 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 this day in history.  

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

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 October - 27.  

1439  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 on this day in history.