Famous Deaths Happened In August - 27

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

0827  Death of Pope Eugene II on this day in history.   

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

1312  On August - 27 death of arthur II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1262)   

1394  On this day in history death of chokei, Emperor of Japan (b. 1343)   

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 this day in history.   

1522  On this day in history giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about 75   

1545  Death of Piotr Gamrat, Polish Catholic archbishop (b. 1487) on August - 27.   

1572  Death of Claude Goudimel, French composer on this day in history.   

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

1577  Death of Titian, Italian artist on August - 27.   

1590  Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], Pope (1585-90), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1611  On this day in history tomés L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies   

1635  Lope Felix de Vega, playwright/poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 August - 27 ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat, dies   

1828  Eise J Eisinga, constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1830  Death of Louis H J Condé, French prince, commits suicide at 74 on August - 27.   

1840  William Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office on this day in history.   

1841  On this day in history ignaz Xaver von Seyfried, composer, dies at 65   

1846  Frantiszek Scigalski, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1855  Francisco Eduardo da Costa, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1857  On August - 27 death of rufus Wilmot Griswold, American literary critic and editor (b. 1812)   

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

1867  On August - 27 karol Katski, composer, dies at 51   

1868  On August - 27 franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82   

1871  On this day in history death of william Whiting Boardman, American politician (b. 1794)   

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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 this day in history birth of george, Duke of Saxony (d. 1539)   

1487  On this day in history birth of anna of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark (d. 1514)   

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

1562  Hans Leo Hassler, composer was born on this day in history.   

1583  On August - 27 birth of simon Besler, composer   

1630  On this day in history birth of maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter