Historical Events In October - 27

0312  Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross on this day in history.   

0625  On October - 27 honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0710  On this day in history saracen invasion of Sardinia.   

0925  On October - 27 rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies   

0939  On October - 27 edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England.   

0939  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on this day in history.   

1275  Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam on this day in history.   

1331  Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies on October - 27.   

1439  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 on October - 27.   

1449  On this day in history ulugh Beg, a USSR astronomer, dies at 56   

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

1492  On October - 27 christopher Columbus discovers Cuba & claims it for Spain   

1505  Ivan III de Great, Russian tsar (1462-1505), dies on this day in history.   

1523  On October - 27 english troops occupy Montalidier France   

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

1553  On this day in history condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.   

1553  On October - 27 michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy   

1580  On October - 27 john Bonga, beggar, dies   

1605  Spanish army under General Spinola occupies Wachtendonk on October - 27.   

1605  On this day in history akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed, Mughal Emperor (born 1542)   

1627  On October - 27 english assault on French Il de Ré   

1644  2nd Battle at Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies on this day in history.   

1651  On October - 27 english troops occupy Limerick Ireland   

1651  On October - 27 jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies   

1652  On this day in history henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies   

1659  On October - 27 marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged   

1662  On October - 27 england sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres   

1676  Poland & Turkey sign Peace of Warsaw on this day in history.   

1682  On October - 27 philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.   

1688  King James II fires premier Robert Spencer on this day in history.   

1702  English troops plunder St Augustine Florida on this day in history.   

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

1728  On October - 27 the birth of Captain James Cook, Discoverer of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand   

1728  James Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands on this day in history.   

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1156  Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222) was born on October - 27.   

1401  On this day in history birth of catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)   

1466  On October - 27 birth of erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)   

1728  On October - 27 birth of james Cook, Scotland, captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands   

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 this day in history.   

1760  On this day in history birth of august W A Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal   

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

0939  On this day in history aethelstan III, king of England, dies   

1271  On this day in history death of hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)   

1312  On October - 27 death of john II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)   

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

1331  Aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies on this day in history.   

1430  On this day in history death of vytautas the Great, Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. 1350)   

1439  Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia/Hungary/Germany, dies at 42 on this day in history.