[Loch-Ruadh] Today in History Oct 27

[Steve Rourke]

Births:
1156 - Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (d. 1222)
1401 - Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (d. 1437)
1466 - Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)

Deaths:
939 - King Athelstan I of England
1271 - Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, French crusader (b. 1213)
1312 - John II, Duke of Brabant (b. 1275)
1327 - Elizabeth de Burgh, queen of Robert I of Scotland
1331 - Abu al-Fida, Arab historian and geographer (b. 1273)
1430 - Vytautas the Great, Grand Prince of Lithuania
1439 - Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1397)
1449 - Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (b. 1394)
1505 - Ivan III of Russia (b. 1440)
1553 - Michael Servetus, Spanish theologian and doctor (burned at the stake)
(b. 1511)
1561 - Lope de Aguirre, Spanish conquistador
1573 - Laurentius Petri, first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1499)

Other Events:
625 - Honorius I becomes Pope.
939 - Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England.
1275 - Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.