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 this day in history honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope   

0710  On October - 27 saracen invasion of Sardinia.   

0925  Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian, dies on October - 27.   

0939  Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England on October - 27.   

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

1275  On October - 27 traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.   

1331  On this day in history aboe al-Fida, [Aboelfeda], Arabic writer/sultan of Hama, dies   

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

1449  On October - 27 ulugh Beg, a USSR astronomer, dies at 56   

1485  On October - 27 rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies   

1492  Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba & claims it for Spain on this day in history.   

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  Abraham ben Avigdor, rabbi/author (commentary on Tur), dies on October - 27.   

1553  On October - 27 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 October - 27.   

1651  English troops occupy Limerick Ireland on October - 27.   

1651  Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies on October - 27.   

1652  Henry, count of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/gov of Hulst, dies on this day in history.   

1659  On this day in history marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged   

1662  England sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres on October - 27.   

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

1682  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded on October - 27.   

1688  King James II fires premier Robert Spencer on October - 27.   

1702  On this day in history english troops plunder St Augustine Florida   

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 October - 27.   

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1156  On this day in history birth of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)   

1401  Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437) was born on October - 27.   

1466  Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536) was born on this day in history.   

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

1739  Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer was born on this day in history.   

1744  Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819) was born on October - 27.   

1746  On October - 27 birth of georg Anton Kreusser, composer   

1760  On October - 27 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  Aethelstan III, king of England, dies on this day in history.   

1271  Death of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213) on this day in history.   

1312  Death of John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275) on this day in history.   

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 October - 27.   

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.