What happened on January 27

50 documented historical events happened on January 27, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Trajan succeeded his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; the Roman Empire reached its maximum extent under his rule. On the same day, in another year: The brothers Stephen and Constantine Lekapenos, having deposed their father as Byzantine emperor a few weeks earlier, were themselves overthrown by Constantine VII, their co-emperor. 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.

160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on January 27, including Will Marion Cook, Dorothy Scarborough, Jerome Kern. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.

110 people with a Wikipedia article died on January 27, including Marcian, Emperor Yuan of Liang, Pope Vitalian. 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.

12 observances are celebrated on January 27 around the world: Christian feast day: Angela Merici, Christian feast day: Blessed Paul Joseph Nardini, Christian feast day: Devota (Monaco), Christian feast day: Enrique de Ossó y Cercelló, Christian feast day: John Chrysostom (translation of relics) (Anglican, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox), Christian feast day: Sava (Serbia). The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.