What happened on June 27 ?

Deaths

1149 - Raymond of Antioch

1162 - Eudes II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1118)

1458 - King Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)

1574 - Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect (b. 1511)

1603 - Jan Dymitr Solikowski, Polish archbishop, writer, and diplomat (b. 1539)

1627 - John Hayward, English historian

1655 - Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1598)

1672 - Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist (b. 1597)

1720 - Guillaume Amfrye de Chaulieu, French poet (b. 1639)

1794 - Wenzel Anton Graf Kaunitz, Austrian statesman (b. 1711)

1794 - Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (b. 1715)

1829 - James Smithson, English scientist, financial bequest led to the founding of the Smithsonian Institution (b. 1765)

1831 - Sophie Germain, French mathematician (b. 1776)

1839 - Prince Milan Obrenovi? II of Serbia (b. 1819)

1844 - Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (murdered) (b. 1800)

1844 - Joseph Smith, Jr. American founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (murdered) (b. 1805)

1920 - Adolphe-Basile Routhier, French Canadien lyricist (O Canada) (b. 1839)

1944 - Milan Hod?a, Slovak politician, champion of regional integration in Europe (b. 1878)

1954 - Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (b. 1881)

1957 - Malcolm Lowry, English novelist (b. 1909)

1960 - Lottie Dod, English athlete (b. 1871)

1970 - Daniel Kinsey, American hurdler (b. 1902)

1991 - Klaas Bruinsma, Dutch drug lord (murdered) (b. 1953)

1996 - Cubby Broccoli, American film producer (b. 1909)

1999 - George Papadopoulos, Greek dictator (b. 1919)

2001 - Tove Jansson, Finnish author (b. 1914)

2001 - Jack Lemmon, American actor and film director (b. 1925)

2002 - John Entwistle, English bassist (The Who) (b. 1944)

2004 - George Patton IV, American general (b. 1923)

2004 - Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968)

2005 - Shelby Foote, American author and historian of the The Civil War: A Narrative series (b. 1917)

2005 - John T. Walton, American businessman (b. 1946)