Historical Events In July - 27

1816  On July - 27 uS troops destroy Ft Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves   

1820  On this day in history john Franklin Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

1822  Joseph Supries, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history the birth of Alexandre Dumas, French author   

1824  Alexandre Dumas fils, France, playwright/novelist (Camille) on this day in history.   

1828  On July - 27 gilbert Charles Stuart, painter, dies   

1830  On this day in history revolution breaks out in Paris, opposing laws of Charles X   

1833  Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder/saint, dies at 26 on July - 27.   

1836  On July - 27 adelaide, South Australia founded   

1837  US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC on July - 27.   

1839  Chartist riots break out in Birmingham England on this day in history.   

1840  Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

1841  Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, poet/novelist, dies on July - 27.   

1844  Fire destroys the US mint at Charlotte, NC on July - 27.   

1844  Fire destroys US mint at Charlotte, NC on this day in history.   

1844  On July - 27 john Dalton, Engl physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77   

1848  On this day in history vladimir de Pachmann, painter   

1857  Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history union Gen George McClellan took command of Potamic Army   

1861  Battle of Mathias Point, VA on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history steamer "Golden Gate" burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico   

1862  On this day in history hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die   

1864  Battle of Darbytown, VA (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains) on July - 27.   

1864  Margaret E Breckinridge, US nurse/daughter of VP John, dies on July - 27.   

1865  On July - 27 welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.   

1866  Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long) on this day in history.   

1866  Cyrus W. Field lays the first successful underwater telegraph cable connecting North America and Europe (after two failed attempts) on this day in history.   

1870  Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, England, author (Path to Rome) on July - 27.   

1872  Stanislav Binicki, composer on July - 27.   

1878  Th to de Weeme, painter on this day in history.   

1879  C H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene on July - 27.   

1879  Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza) on this day in history.   

1880  Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out on July - 27.   

1880  A P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil on this day in history.   

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1452  On July - 27 birth of ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan (1494 . .1500)   

1502  On this day in history birth of pier Francesco Corteccia, composer   

1518  On July - 27 birth of elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury/builder of country houses   

1609  Heinrich Pape, composer was born on July - 27.   

1612  Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40)/conquered Baghdad was born on this day in history.   

1625  On July - 27 birth of edward Montagu, England   

1667  Jean Bernoulli, mathematician was born on July - 27.   

1733  On July - 27 birth of jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)   

0082  St Joseph of Arimathea, dies on this day in history.   

0432  On this day in history celestine I, Italian Pope (422-32), dies   

0916  Kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies on July - 27.   

1101  Koenrad, RC-German king (1087-98), dies on this day in history.   

1128  Willem van Normandia, earl of Flanders, dies in battle on July - 27.   

1214  On this day in history eustaes van Machelen, Flemish knight, dies in battle   

1227  On this day in history otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies   

1233  On this day in history ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders, dies at 45