Historical Events In October - 27

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

0625  On October - 27 honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope  

0710  On October - 27 saracen invasion of Sardinia.  

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

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

0939  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on October - 27.  

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

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  Ulugh Beg, a USSR astronomer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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

1492  On October - 27 christopher Columbus discovers Cuba & claims it for Spain  

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

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

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

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

1605  On October - 27 spanish army under General Spinola occupies Wachtendonk  

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

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

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

1651  English troops occupy Limerick Ireland on October - 27.  

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

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

1659  On this day in history marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged  

1662  On this day in history england sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres  

1676  On October - 27 poland & Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw  

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

1688  On this day in history king James II fires premier Robert Spencer  

1702  On October - 27 english troops plunder St Augustine Florida  

1725  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Georg Anton Kreusser, composer was born on October - 27.  

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  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  Death of Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289) on this day in history.  

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