Page 3: Historical Events In July - 27

1816  US troops destroy Ft Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves on July - 27.   

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

1822  Joseph Supries, composer, dies at 60 on July - 27.   

1824  On July - 27 the birth of Alexandre Dumas, French author   

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

1828  Gilbert Charles Stuart, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1830  Revolution breaks out in Paris, opposing laws of Charles X on July - 27.   

1833  Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder/saint, dies at 26 on this day in history.   

1836  Adelaide, South Australia founded on this day in history.   

1837  On July - 27 uS Mint opens in Charlotte, NC   

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

1840  On July - 27 ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

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

1844  On this day in history fire destroys the US mint at Charlotte, NC   

1844  On this day in history fire destroys US mint at Charlotte, NC   

1844  John Dalton, Engl physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1848  Vladimir de Pachmann, painter on this day in history.   

1857  On July - 27 ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator   

1861  Union Gen George McClellan took command of Potamic Army on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history battle of Mathias Point, VA   

1862  Steamer "Golden Gate" burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico on this day in history.   

1862  Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die on July - 27.   

1864  Battle of Darbytown, VA (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains) on this day in history.   

1864  Margaret E Breckinridge, US nurse/daughter of VP John, dies on this day in history.   

1865  Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history stanislav Binicki, composer   

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

1879  On this day in history c H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene   

1879  On this day in history francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza)   

1880  Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history a P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil   

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1452  Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan (1494 . .1500) was born on this day in history.   

1502  On July - 27 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 this day in history.   

1612  On July - 27 birth of murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40)/conquered Baghdad   

1625  On July - 27 birth of edward Montagu, England   

1667  On July - 27 birth of jean Bernoulli, mathematician   

1733  Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779) was born on this day in history.   

0082  On July - 27 st Joseph of Arimathea, dies   

0432  Celestine I, Italian Pope (422-32), dies on this day in history.   

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

1101  On this day in history koenrad, RC-German king (1087-98), dies   

1128  Willem van Normandia, earl of Flanders, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1214  On July - 27 eustaes van Machelen, Flemish knight, dies in battle   

1227  Otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies on this day in history.   

1233  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders, dies at 45 on this day in history.