On October 27, history records 43 notable events, 218 famous births and 107 deaths, spanning the years 312 to 1806.
Events on this day include: Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. (312); Saracen invasion of Sardinia. (710).
Notable people born on October 27 include Chai Rong (921), Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1156), Taejo of Joseon (1335).
Notable figures who died on this day include Æthelstan (939), Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia (1269), Walter de Merton (1277).
Events on 27 October 43
See all →Æthelstan, the first King of England, died and was succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund I.
Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.
Philadelphia is established in the Colonial American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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 →Deaths on 27 October 107
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