Historical Events In November - 27
Sunday, 15 March 2026
0399 In this year, St Anastasius I starts his reign as Catholic Pope. 

0450 Galla Placidia, daughter of Byzant emperor Constantius III, dies at 58. 

0511 Clovis, 1st King of France, dies at about 45. 

0640 Acharius, bishop of Noyon/saint, dies. 

1026 Adalbert II, bishop of Utrecht (1010-26), dies. 

1095 Pope Urban receives an appeal from the Byzantine emperor Alexius Comnenus for aid against the Seljuk Turks He proclaims the crusade November 27 at the Synod of Clermont, and he excommunicates France's Philip I for adultery 

1095 Pope Urban II preaches 1st Crusade 

1237 Battle of Cortenuova: Emperor Frederik II vs Lombardische steden. 

1295 The inaugural elected representatives from Lancashire were called to Westminster by King Edward I to attend what later became known as "The Model Parliament". 

1382 Battle of Westrozebeke (French army beats Flemings-1000s die) 

1382 Philip Van Artevelde, Flemish commander-in-chief, dies in battle at 42. 

1474 Guillaume Dufay, French/Flemish composer, dies at about 74 

1495 Scottish king James IV receives bedrieger Perkin Warbeck. 

1544 Ascanio Trombeti, composer 

1563 Robbert Robbertsz, (le Canu), nautical expert. 

1569 Ottavio Vernizzi, composer. 

1582 William Shakespeare aged 18, marries Anne Hathaway 

1582 William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway. 

1587 Dutch County Groningen flood by dike break 

1588 Valerius Andreas, [Walter Driessens], Flemish historian 

1595 Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor/architect 

1627 Louise Henriette, [Mlle d'Orange], daughter of Frederik Henry. 

1632 John Eliot, English parliament leader/author (In Jail), dies at 40 

1648 Peter Codde, RC apostole vicar (1688-1704) 

1668 Henri F d'Aguesseau, chancellor of France (1717..50). 

1673 Anthonie Palamedesz, painter, dies at about 72. 

1680 Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit/inventor (lantern), dies 

1691 Josef Antonin Planicky, composer. 

1701 Anders Celsius, Swedish deviser of the Celsius thermometer is born. 

1701 Anders Celsius, Sweden, scientist/inventor (centigrade temp scale) 

1703 The inaugural Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703. 

1731 Gaetano Pugnani, composer. 

1732 Johann Joseph Emmert, composer. 

1741 Jean-Pierre Duport, composer. 

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