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February 27 in History
Historical Events on February 27
380
Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II, declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to trinitarian Christianity.
425
The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.
907
Abaoji, a Khitan chieftain, is enthroned as Emperor Taizu, establishing the Liao dynasty in northern China.
1560
The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland.
1594
Henry IV is crowned King of France.
1617
Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
1626
Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
1700
The island of New Britain is discovered.
1776
American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
1782
American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
1801
Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
1809
Action of 27 February 1809: Captain Bernard Dubourdieu captures HMS Proserpine
1812
Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
1812
Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
1844
The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
1860
Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
1861
Russian troops fire on a crowd in Warsaw protesting against Russian rule over Poland, killing five protesters.
1864
American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
1870
The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
1881
First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
1898
King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
1900
Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
1900
The British Labour Party is founded.
1900
Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
1902
Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
1921
The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
1922
A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
1933
Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility. The Nazis used the fire to solidify their power and eliminate the communists as political rivals.
1939
United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes violate property owners' rights and are therefore illegal.
1940
Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
1942
World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
1943
The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
1943
In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.
1951
The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
1961
The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
1962
Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
1963
The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
1964
The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1971
Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing aborti provocati.
1976
The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
1988
Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.
1991
Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
2002
Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
2002
Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
2004
A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116.
2004
Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack
2007
The Chinese Correction: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in ten years.
2010
An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggered a tsunami which struck Hawaii shortly after.
2013
Five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured in a shooting at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland.
2015
Assassination of Boris Nemtsov occurs.
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