Famous Deaths In October - 27

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1327  On this day in history death of elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1289)   

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

1430  On this day in history 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   

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

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

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

1542  Abraham ben Avigdor, rabbi/author (commentary on Tur), dies on October - 27.   

1553  Death of Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy on October - 27.   

1561  Death of Lope de Aguirre, Spanish conquistador (b. 1510) on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history death of laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1499)   

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

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

1617  Death of Ralph Winwood, English politician (b. 1563) 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  Death of Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged on this day in history.   

1670  Death of Vavasor Powell, Welsh non-conformist leader (b. 1617) on October - 27.   

1674  On October - 27 death of hallgrímur Pétursson, Icelandic poet (b. 1614)   

1675  Death of Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (b. 1602) on October - 27.   

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

1771  Johann Gottlieb Graun, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1781  Herman-Francois Delange, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1789  On this day in history death of john Cook, American farmer and Governor of Delaware (b. 1730)   

1796  Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1822  Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1833  Ferdinand Franzl, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1848  Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1864  Andreas Randel, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1917  Death of Arthur Rhys Davids, English pilot (b. 1897) on this day in history.   

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1156  Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222) was born on this day in history.   

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  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