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 August - 27.   

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 August - 27 death of chokei, Emperor of Japan (b. 1343)   

1450  On August - 27 death of reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395)   

1521  On this day in history josquin Des Prez, composer, dies   

1522  Giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about 75 on August - 27.   

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  On August - 27 titian, [Tiziano Vecelli], Italian painter, dies of plague   

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

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

1608  Hendrik van Kinschot, [Henricus Kinschotus], lawyer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1611  On August - 27 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 August - 27 jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43   

1664  On this day in history death of francisco Zurbarán, Spanish painter (b. 1598)   

1667  On August - 27 death of adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, buried at 33   

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

1748  James Thomson, dies on this day in history.   

1773  Death of Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721) on this day in history.   

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

1828  On this day in history eise J Eisinga, constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84   

1830  Death of Louis H J Condé, French prince, commits suicide at 74 on this day in history.   

1840  On August - 27 william Kneass, 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40), dies in office   

1841  On August - 27 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 this day in history karol Katski, composer, dies at 51   

1868  On this day in history franz Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee, composer, dies at 82   

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 August - 27.   

1471  On this day in history 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  Hans Leo Hassler, composer was born on August - 27.   

1583  On this day in history birth of simon Besler, composer   

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