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 July - 27 john Franklin Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

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

1824  The birth of Alexandre Dumas, French author on this day in history.   

1824  On July - 27 alexandre Dumas fils, France, playwright/novelist (Camille)   

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

1830  Revolution breaks out in Paris, opposing laws of Charles X on this day in history.   

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

1836  Adelaide, South Australia founded on July - 27.   

1837  US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC on this day in history.   

1839  Chartist riots break out in Birmingham England on July - 27.   

1840  On this day in history ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1841  Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, poet/novelist, dies on this day in history.   

1844  On July - 27 fire destroys the US mint at Charlotte, NC   

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

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

1848  On this day in history vladimir de Pachmann, painter   

1857  On this day in history ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator   

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

1861  Battle of Mathias Point, VA on July - 27.   

1862  On July - 27 steamer "Golden Gate" burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico   

1862  Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die on this day in history.   

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  On July - 27 joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, England, author (Path to Rome)   

1872  Stanislav Binicki, composer on July - 27.   

1878  On July - 27 th to de Weeme, painter   

1879  On July - 27 c H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene   

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  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 this day in history birth of elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury/builder of country houses   

1609  Heinrich Pape, composer was born on this day in history.   

1612  Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40)/conquered Baghdad was born on July - 27.   

1625  On this day in history birth of edward Montagu, England   

1667  Jean Bernoulli, mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1733  On this day in history birth of jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)   

0082  On July - 27 st Joseph of Arimathea, dies   

0432  Celestine I, Italian Pope (422-32), dies on July - 27.   

0916  On July - 27 kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies   

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  Eustaes van Machelen, Flemish knight, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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 July - 27.