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October 27

October 27 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1275 and 2018. Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.

♏ZodiacScorpio ◈BirthstoneOpal ❀Birth flowerMarigold

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on October 27?

October 27 is the 300th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1275 and 2018. Famous people born on October 27 include Emperor Ai of Tang, Suzy Covey and Stephan El Shaarawy.

The shape of the day

300 years on from Johann Sebastian Bach, October 27 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where politics and nation-building recur.

Scorpio is the sign for October 27 — read more on the Scorpio page, or see October's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on October 27

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game The Séance of Blake Manor

2024

  • Game Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
  • TV Perfect 10 Liners
  • TV Tales of Herding Gods

2023

  • Game Alan Wake II

2022

  • Game Signalis
  • Game Star Ocean: The Divine Force

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1275

    Amsterdam

    Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.

  2. 1726

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen, BWV 56, one of few works he called a cantata.

  3. 1775

    George III

    King George III expands on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament.

  4. 1914

    World War I

    World War I: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.

  5. 1944

    World War II

    World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.

  6. 1964

    Ronald Reagan

    Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing".

  7. 1979

    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

  8. 1991

    Turkmenistan

    Turkmenistan achieves independence from the Soviet Union.

  9. 1993

    Widerøe Flight 744

    Widerøe Flight 744 crashes in Overhalla Municipality, Norway, killing six people.

  10. 2018

    Leicester City F.C.

    Leicester City F.C. owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha dies in a helicopter crash along with four others after a Premier League match against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, England.

Famous birthday twins

Born on October 27

Emperor Ai of Tang

b. 892

Chinese emperor

Suzy Covey

b. 1939

American scholar and academic

Stephan El Shaarawy

b. 1992

Italian footballer

Maxine Hong Kingston

b. 1940

American author and academic

Roberto Benigni

b. 1952

Italian actor, director, and screenwriter

John Cleese

b. 1939

English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

Fran Lebowitz

b. 1950

American author

Theodore Roosevelt

b. 1858

American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate

Deaths

  • 2023Li Keqiang
  • 2013Luigi Magni
  • 2012Terry Callier
  • 1990Ugo Tognazzi
  • 1812Isaac Brock
  • 1605Akbar

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Abbán
  • —Christian feast day: Abraham the Poor
  • —Christian feast day: Frumentius (Roman Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Gaudiosus of Naples
  • —Christian feast day: Kaleb of Axum
  • —Christian feast day: Namatius (Namace)
  • —Christian feast day: Oran of Iona
  • —Christian feast day: October 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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