Best known
Best known
Chai Rong
Later Zhou dynasty emperor from 954 to 959
Pope Nicholas II
Head of the Catholic Church from 1059 to 1061
Conrad II of Italy
Duke of Lower Lorraine
Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester
Anglo-Norman nobleman (c. 1047–1101)
Salomea of Berg
High Duchess consort of Poland
James I of Aragon
King of Aragon from 1213 to 1276
Chai Rong — Later Zhou dynasty emperor from 954 to 959, who died on July 27 959.
Pope Nicholas II — Head of the Catholic Church from 1059 to 1061, who died on July 27 1061.
Conrad II of Italy — Duke of Lower Lorraine, who died on July 27 1101.
Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester — Anglo-Norman nobleman (c. 1047–1101), who died on July 27 1101.
Salomea of Berg — High Duchess consort of Poland, who died on July 27 1144.
James I of Aragon — King of Aragon from 1213 to 1276, who died on July 27 1276.
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- 1365
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William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1469)Welsh nobleman and politician - 1656
Salomo GlassiusGerman theologian - 1675
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of TurenneFrench nobleman, general, Marshal of France - 1689
John Graham, 1st Viscount DundeeScottish army officer - 1759
Pierre Louis MaupertuisFrench mathematician, philosopher and man of letters - 1770
Robert DinwiddieBritish colonial administrator - 1841
Mikhail LermontovRussian writer, poet and painter - 1844
John DaltonBritish chemist and physicist - 1863
William L. YanceyAmerican politician - 1865JJean-Joseph DassyFrench painter
- 1875
Aleksander KunileidEstonian composer - 1876
Albertus van RaalteDutch American clergyman - 1883
Montgomery BlairAmerican lawyer and politician - 1916
Charles FryattBritish mariner - 1916WWilliam JonasEnglish footballer
- 1917
Emil Theodor KocherSwiss physician and Nobel laureate - 1921
Myrddin FarddWelsh writer and antiquarian scholar - 1924
Ferruccio BusoniItalian composer, pianist, and conductor - 1931
Auguste ForelSwiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist - 1938
Tom Crean (explorer)Irish Antarctic explorer
- 1941AAlfred Henry O'KeeffeNew Zealand artist and teacher
- 1942
Karl PärsimägiEstonian painter - 1942HHermann BrauneckGerman physician and SA general
- 1946
Gertrude SteinAmerican author - 1948
Woolf BarnatoBritish financier and racing driver - 1948
Joe TinkerAmerican baseball player and manager - 1951
Paul KogermanEstonian chemist - 1958
Claire Lee ChennaultAmerican military aviator - 1960
Julie Vinter HansenDanish astronomer - 1962
Richard AldingtonEnglish writer and poet - 1962
James H. KindelbergerAmerican businessman - 1963
Hooks DaussAmerican baseball player - 1963
Garrett MorganAmerican inventor and entrepreneur - 1964
Winifred LenihanAmerican actor, writer and director - 1965
Henri Daniel-RopsFrench Roman Catholic writer and historian - 1967
Tone PeruškoCroatian educator, social worker and writer - 1968
Babe AdamsAmerican baseball player - 1970
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- 1975
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Kristian WelhavenNorwegian police chief - 1978
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Willem van OtterlooDutch conductor and composer - 1980
Mohammad Reza PahlaviShah of Iran from 1941 to 1979 - 1980
Rushdy AbazaEgyptian actor - 1981
William WylerGerman-born American film director - 1981
Elizabeth RonaHungarian chemist - 1984
James MasonBritish actor - 1985
Smoky Joe WoodAmerican baseball player - 1987
Travis JacksonAmerican baseball player - 1988
Frank ZamboniAmerican inventor and engineer - 1990BBobby DayAmerican singer and producer
- 1990RRené ToribioFrench politician
- 1991
John Friedrich (fraudster)Australian conman - 1992
Max DupainAustralian photographer - 1992TTzeni KareziGreek actress
- 1993
Reggie LewisAmerican basketball player - 1994
Kevin CarterSouth African photojournalist - 1995MMelih EsenbelTurkish diplomat and politician
- 1995
Rick FerrellAmerican baseball player - 1995
Miklós RózsaHungarian-American composer - 1998
Binnie BarnesEnglish actress - 1999
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Harry EdisonAmerican jazz trumpeter - 2000
Gordon SolieAmerican wrestling announcer - 2001
Rhonda SingCanadian professional wrestler - 2001
Leon WilkesonAmerican bass guitarist - 2003
Vance HartkeAmerican politician - 2003
Bob HopeAmerican entertainer - 2005
Al HeldAmerican painter - 2005
Marten ToonderDutch comics artist - 2006
Maryann MahaffeyAmerican politician - 2007
James OyebolaNigerian-British boxer - 2008
Youssef ChahineEgyptian film director - 2008
Horst SteinGerman conductor - 2008IIsaac Saba RaffoulMexican businessman of Syrian Jewish descent
- 2010
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Jack TatumAmerican football player - 2012
Norman AldenAmerican actor - 2012
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- 2012
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- 2013
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- 2014
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- 2014
Francesco MarchisanoItalian Cardinal - 2014
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- 2015
A. P. J. Abdul KalamPresident of India from 2002 to 2007 - 2015
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- 2016
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- 2018
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117 people with a Wikipedia article died on July 27, including Chai Rong, Pope Nicholas II, Conrad II of Italy. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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47 documented historical events happened on July 27, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Unable to penetrate the city's defences, the Sclaveni gave up their siege of the Byzantine city of Thessalonica. On the same day, in another year: During his invasion of Scotland, Siward, Earl of Northumbria, defeated Macbeth, King of Scotland, in an engagement north of the Firth of Forth. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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