This Day In European History
27th August
Events1660: Nagyvarad in Transylvania is captured by the Ottomans.
1701: The Grand Alliance between Britain, Holland and the Habsburg Empire is signed at the Hague.
1790: The Declaration of Pillnitz is issued by Prussia and the Habsburg Monarchy, stating their aim to actively support King Louis XVI of France against his revolting country.
1979: Lord Mountbatten is killed by the IRA.
Births
1545: Duke Alessandro Farnese of Parma.
1770: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher.
1776: Barthold Niebuhr, German historian.
Deaths
1061: Pope Nicholas II.
1521: Josquin des Pres, French composer.
1576: Titian, Italian painter.
1590: Pope Sixtus V.
1635: Lope Felix de Vega Carpio, Spanish playwright.
1664: Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter.
1681: Nikon, Patriarch of Russia.
1748: James Thomson, Scottish poet.
1879: Rowland Hill, British postage reformer.
1910: Mother Teresa, Yugoslavian nun.
