Historical Events In October - 27

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

0625  Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope on October - 27.  

0710  Saracen invasion of Sardinia on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1449  On this day in history ulugh Beg, a USSR astronomer, dies at 56  

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1485  On October - 27 rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1580  On October - 27 john Bonga, beggar, dies  

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

1605  On this day in history akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (born 1542)  

1627  On this day in history english assault on French Il de Ré  

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

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

1682  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded on October - 27.  

1688  King James II fires premier Robert Spencer on October - 27.  

1702  On October - 27 english troops plunder St Augustine Florida  

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

1728  The birth of Captain James Cook, Discoverer of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand on this day in history.  

1728  On October - 27 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  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  James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands was born on this day in history.  

1739  On October - 27 birth of franz Ignaz Kaa, composer  

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  August W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1271  Death of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213) on October - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

1331  On October - 27 aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies  

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 October - 27.