Historical Events In March - 27
0922 The Persian mystic Al-Hallaj (abu al-Mughith-al-Hsayn ibn Mansur), 64, is sentenced to death for heresy after a long trial and is flogged, mutilated, and beheaded March 27 at Baghdad He has supported reform of the caliphate and been seen as a rabble-rouser on this day in history.
1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León sights Florida on this day in history.
1599 On this day in history robert Devereux becomes Lieutenant-General of Ireland
1614 Port Royal Nova Scotia Jean de Biencourt, Baron de Poutrincourt 1557-1615 rescues starving survivors of Port Royal and takes them back to France on this day in history.
1625 On this day in history charles I, King Of England, Scotland & Ireland, ascends to throne
1668 On this day in history english King Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company
1708 On this day in history english pretender to the throne James III flees
1709 Dike at Hardinxveld breaks (Alblasserwaard flooded) on this day in history.
1713 Spain losses Menorca & Gibraltar on this day in history.
1721 On this day in history france & Spain sign Treaty of Madrid
1758 On this day in history battle at Emmerich British army floats around France the Rhine
1790 On this day in history the shoelace invented
1794 On this day in history congress authorizes the President "to provide a naval armament" (US Navy)
1802 The Treaty of Amiens March 27 brings a temporary end to hostilities among Europe's warring powers Spain yields Trinidad to Britain but secures Minorca, the Batavian republic cedes Ceylon to Britain, the British give up all their other conquests to France and her allies, but hostilities soon begin again on this day in history.
1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend General Andrew Jackson beats Creek-Indians on this day in history.
1841 First US steam fire engine tested, New York NY on this day in history.
1848 On this day in history john Parker Paynard originates medicated adhesive plaster
1849 On this day in history joseph Couch patents steam-powered percussion rock drill
1855 On this day in history abraham Gesner patents kerosene (can jet fuel be far behind?)
1860 On this day in history m L Byrn patents "covered gimlet screw with a 'T' handle" (corkscrew)
1861 On this day in history black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars
1863 President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting & prayer on this day in history.
1865 Independent British colony of Kaffaria is incorporated with Cape Colony in South Africa on this day in history.
1865 On this day in history siege of Spanish Fort AL captured by Federals
1866 Andrew Rankin patents the urinal on this day in history.
1866 President Johnson vetoes civil rights bill; it later becomes 14th Amendment on this day in history.
1878 On this day in history sir George Gilbert Scott, English architect whose designs include the Albert memorial in Hyde Park, London, dies.
1912 First Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington DC on this day in history.
1914 First successful blood transfusion (in Brussels) on this day in history.
1917 On this day in history lt. Frederick M. W. Harvey (Lord Strathcona's Horse Cdn.) wins the Victoria Cross at Gyencourt France
1918 Lt. Alan Arnett MCLeod Cdn. (Royal Flying Corp) wins the Victoria Cross for service over France on this day in history.
1920 On this day in history film stars Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks wed
1920 On this day in history hermann Müller becomes German chancellor (SPD)
1923 On this day in history sir James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist whose inventions include the thermos flask and cordite, dies.
1924 Canada recognizes USSR on this day in history.
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