All Events

Historical Events on February 27

  • American Revolutionary War

    1776

    American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.

  • Dominican Republic

    1844

    The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.

  • Abraham Lincoln

    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.

  • American Civil War

    1864

    American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.

  • Second Boer War

    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.

  • United States labor law

    1939

    United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes violate property owners' rights and are therefore illegal.

  • World War II

    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.

  • Dominican Republic

    1963

    The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.

  • Gulf War

    1991

    Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".

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