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08/27/1208
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Irene Angelina, daughter of Isaac II Angeles, dies
Type: Death
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08/27/1232
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Kioto Staatsraad accept Joei Legislation
Type: Event
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08/27/1471
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George von Saksen-Meissen, German potester of Frisia
Type: Birth
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08/27/1521
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Josquin Des Prez, composer, dies
Type: Death
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08/27/1522
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Giovanni A Amadei/Amadeo, Italian sculptor/architect, dies at about 75
Type: Death
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08/27/1545
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Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma/general/diplomat
Type: Birth
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08/27/1549
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Battle at Dussindale: John Dudley destroys English boer army
Type: Event
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08/27/1562
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Hans Leo Hassler, composer
Type: Birth
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08/27/1569
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Pope Pius names Cosimo I de' Medici, grand duke of Toscane
Type: Event
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08/27/1576
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Titian, [Tiziano Vecelli], Italian painter, dies of plague
Type: Death
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08/27/1583
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Simon Besler, composer
Type: Birth
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08/27/1585
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Duke van Parma's troops occupy Antwerp
Type: Event
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08/27/1590
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Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], Pope (1585-90), dies at 68
Type: Death
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08/27/1601
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Olivier van Noort completes 1st Dutch exploration of new world
Type: Event
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08/27/1608
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Hendrik van Kinschot, [Henricus Kinschotus], lawyer, dies at 66
Type: Death
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08/27/1610
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Polish King Wladyslaw crowned king of Russia
Type: Event
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08/27/1611
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Tom s L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies
Type: Death
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08/27/1619
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Monarch Frederik van Palts chosen king of Bohemia
Type: Event
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08/27/1626
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Battle at Lutter: Catholic League beats Danish king Christian IV
Type: Event
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08/27/1628
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Java sultan Agung van Mataram attacks Batavia
Type: Event
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08/27/1630
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Maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch flower painter
Type: Birth
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08/27/1634
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Battle of Nordingen-Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, loses Duchy of Francomia
Type: Event
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08/27/1635
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Lope Felix de Vega, playwright/poet (Angelica, Arcadia), dies at 72
Type: Death
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08/27/1650
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Johann Samuel Welter, composer
Type: Birth
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08/27/1651
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Jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43
Type: Death
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08/27/1665
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"Ye Bare and Ye Cubb" is 1st play, performed in N America (Acomac, Va)
Type: Event
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08/27/1666
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Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89)
Type: Birth
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08/27/1667
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Adriaen Melar, Flemish engraver, buried at 33
Type: Death
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08/27/1667
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Earliest recorded hurricane in US (Jamestown Virginia)
Type: Event
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08/27/1719
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John/Jean Nepveu, Dutch governor of Suriname (1768-79)
Type: Birth
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08/27/1730
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Hamann, writer
Type: Birth
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08/27/1739
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Michel Delalande, composer
Type: Birth
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08/27/1746
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Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, composer, dies
Type: Death
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08/27/1748
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James Thomson, dies
Type: Death
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08/27/1752
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Herman Muntinghe, Dutch theologist (History of Mankind)
Type: Birth
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08/27/1768
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Anne-Fran‡ois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Maastricht)
Type: Birth
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08/27/1770
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher/inventor (dialectic)
Type: Birth
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08/27/1776
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British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island
Type: Event
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08/27/1783
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1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude
Type: Event
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08/27/1788
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Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance
Type: Event
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08/27/1789
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French Natl Assembly issues "Decl of Rights of Man and Citizen"
Type: Event
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08/27/1798
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Battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts The English
Type: Event
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08/27/1799
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English invasion army lands in North-Holland
Type: Event
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08/27/1809
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Hannibal Hamlin, (R) 15th VP (1861-65)
Type: Birth
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08/27/1813
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Battle of Dresden-Napoleon defeats Austrians
Type: Event
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08/27/1816
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Lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates
Type: Event
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08/27/1824
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Hiram Gregory Berry, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
Type: Birth
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08/27/1826
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Hermann Kipper, music teacher/critic/composer
Type: Birth
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08/27/1826
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Frank Stillman Nickerson, Brig General (Union volunteers)
Type: Birth
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08/27/1827
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Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat, dies
Type: Death
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