All Events

Historical Events on March 27

  • Peninsular War

    1809

    Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real.

  • War of 1812

    1814

    War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

  • Andrew Johnson

    1866

    President Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.

  • Cincinnati, Ohio

    1884

    A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.

  • Second Sino-Japanese War

    1938

    Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.

  • World War II

    1941

    World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.

  • Nikita Khrushchev

    1958

    Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union

  • Kosovo War

    1999

    Kosovo War: An American Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk is shot down by a Yugoslav SAM, the first and only Nighthawk to be lost in combat.

  • Al-Shabaab (militant group)

    2015

    Al-Shabab militants attack and temporarily occupy a Mogadishu hotel leaving at least 20 people dead.

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Famous Deaths on March 27

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