Events on 27 October 43
See all →Year 939
Æthelstan, the first King of England, died and was succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund I.
Year 1553
Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
Year 1682
Philadelphia is established in the Colonial American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Year 1795
The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
Birthdays on 27 October 218
See all →👤
Chai Rong
b. 921 – d. 959
Chai Rong, Chinese emperor (d. 959)
👤
Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse
b. 1156 – d. 1222
Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (d. 1222)
👤
Taejo of Joseon
b. 1335 – d. 1408
Taejo of Joseon (d. 1408)
👤
Catherine of Valois
b. 1401 – d. 1437
Catherine of Valois (d. 1437)
👤
Mary Sidney
b. 1561 – d. 1621
Mary Sidney, English writer, patroness and translator (d. 1621)
👤
Marie Elisabeth of France
b. 1572 – d. 1578
Marie Elisabeth of France, French princess (d. 1578)
👤
Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg
b. 1615 – d. 1691
Christian I, Duke of Saxe-Merseburg, (d. 1691)
👤
Fyodor Apraksin
b. 1661 – d. 1728
Fyodor Apraksin, Russian admiral (b. 1661)
👤
Johann Gottlieb Graun
b. 1703 – d. 1771
Johann Gottlieb Graun, German violinist and composer (d. 1771)
👤
Mary Moser
b. 1744 – d. 1819
Mary Moser, English painter and academic (d. 1819)
👤
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau
b. 1760 – d. 1831
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (d. 1831)
👤
Nancy Storace
b. 1765 – d. 1817
Nancy Storace, English soprano (d. 1817)
Deaths on 27 October 107
See all →👤
Æthelstan
d. 939 (b. 894)
Æthelstan, English king (b. 894)
👤
Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia
d. 1269
Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia (b. c.1220)
👤
Walter de Merton
d. 1277
Walter de Merton, Lord Chancellor of England
👤
Beatrice of Castile (1242-1303)
d. 1303
Beatrice of Castile, wife of King Afonso III of Portugal
John II, Duke of Brabant
d. 1312 (b. 1275)
John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)
Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester
d. 1326 (b. 1261)
Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester (b. 1262)
👤
Elizabeth de Burgh
d. 1327
Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert the Bruce
👤
Mahaut, Countess of Artois
d. 1329 (b. 1268)
Mahaut, Countess of Artois (b. 1268)
👤
Abulfeda
d. 1331 (b. 1273)
Abulfeda, Arab historian and geographer (b. 1273)
👤
Vytautas
d. 1430 (b. 1350)
Vytautas, Lithuanian ruler (b. 1350)
Albert II of Germany
d. 1439 (b. 1397)
Albert II of Germany (b. 1397)
👤
Margery Jourdemayne
d. 1441
Margery Jourdemayne, executed for treasonable witchcraft