Historical Events In May - 27
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1856 Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning on this day in history.
1861 On this day in history victoria E Matthews, educator
1862 On this day in history battle of Hanover Court House VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station)
1862 On this day in history battle of Hanover Court House, VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station)
1863 CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die on this day in history.
1863 Siege of Port Hudson LA on May - 27.
1863 Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31 on May - 27.
1864 Skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop) VA on May - 27.
1864 On May - 27 skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop), Virginia
1867 The birth of Arnold Bennett, English novelist on May - 27.
1867 On May - 27 arnold Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic (Great Babylon)
1870 On May - 27 lionel Palairet, cricketer (elegant England bat in the Golden Age)
1871 Georges-Henri Rouault, Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre) on May - 27.
1874 On May - 27 dustin Farnum, US, actor (Squaw Man, Virginian) [or 1870]
1876 Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies on this day in history.
1878 Australia Cricket 41 & 12-1 defeat MCC 33 & 19 on this day in history.
1878 On May - 27 6th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:41.75
1878 Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49 on May - 27.
1879 On this day in history lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance)
1881 9th Preakness: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:40.5 on May - 27.
1881 On this day in history rudolf Pannwitz, German writer
1882 10th Preakness: T Costello aboard Vanguard wins in 2:44.5 on May - 27.
1883 Czar Alexander III crowned in Moscow on May - 27.
1884 On this day in history bax Brod, composer
1887 Emiel van der Straeten, Flemish playwright (Sudanese legends) on May - 27.
1887 Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1888 Louis Durey, composer on this day in history.
1891 Claude Adonai Champagne, composer on this day in history.
1892 Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Pygmalion, Fietsen naar de Maan) on this day in history.
1893 Audath Yisroel forms at Kattowitz (Katowice) Poland on May - 27.
1894 Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon) on this day in history.
1895 On May - 27 british inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector
1895 Marij Kogoj, composer on this day in history.
1896 255 people are killed when a twister strikes St Louis, Missouri and East St Louis, Illinois on this day in history.
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