Famous Deaths In August - 27

0542  On this day in history death of saint Caesarius of Arles   

0827  On August - 27 death of pope Eugene II   

1208  Irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles, dies on this day in history.   

1312  Death of Arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1262) on August - 27.   

1394  Death of Chokei, Emperor of Japan (b. 1343) on August - 27.   

1450  Death of Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395) on this day in history.   

1521  Josquin Des Prez, composer, dies on August - 27.   

1522  On August - 27 giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about 75   

1545  On this day in history death of piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop (b. 1487)   

1572  On this day in history death of claude Goudimel, French composer   

1576  Titian, [Tiziano Vecelli], Italian painter, dies of plague on August - 27.   

1577  On this day in history death of titian, Italian artist   

1590  On August - 27 sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], Pope (1585-90), dies at 68   

1608  On August - 27 hendrik van Kinschot, [Henricus Kinschotus], lawyer, dies at 66   

1611  Tomés L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies on this day in history.   

1635  Lope Felix de Vega, playwright/poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at 72 on August - 27.   

1651  On this day in history jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43   

1664  Death of Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598) on this day in history.   

1667  Death of Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, buried at 33 on this day in history.   

1746  On August - 27 johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, composer, dies   

1748  On August - 27 james Thomson, dies   

1773  On this day in history death of friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)   

1827  On this day in history ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat, dies   

1828  Eise J Eisinga, constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84 on August - 27.   

1830  On this day in history death of louis H J Condé, French prince, commits suicide at 74   

1840  William Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office on August - 27.   

1841  On August - 27 ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer, dies at 65   

1846  Frantiszek Scigalski, composer, dies at 64 on August - 27.   

1855  Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36 on August - 27.   

1857  Death of Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American literary critic and editor (b. 1812) on August - 27.   

1865  On this day in history jozef Nowakowski, composer, dies at 64   

1867  On this day in history karol Katski, composer, dies at 51   

1868  Franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1871  Death of William Whiting Boardman, American politician (b. 1794) on this day in history.   

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1407  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (d. 1425)   

1471  George von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia was born on this day in history.   

1471  On August - 27 birth of george, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)   

1487  Anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514) was born on August - 27.   

1545  On this day in history birth of alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat   

1562  On this day in history birth of hans Leo Hassler, composer   

1583  On August - 27 birth of simon Besler, composer   

1630  On August - 27 birth of maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter