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 October - 27.  

0710  On October - 27 saracen invasion of Sardinia.  

0925  Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies on October - 27.  

0939  On this day in history edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England.  

0939  On October - 27 aethelstan III, king of England, dies  

1275  On this day in history traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.  

1331  On this day in history aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies  

1439  On this day in history 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.  

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

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  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  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  On October - 27 john Bonga, beggar, dies  

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 this day in history english assault on French Il de Ré  

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

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 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 October - 27.  

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

1682  On October - 27 philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.  

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

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

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  On October - 27 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  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 October - 27.  

1744  On October - 27 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  On this day in history rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies  

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

1271  On this day in history death of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)  

1312  On this day in history 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  Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies on this day in history.  

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.