Historical Events In August - 27
Thursday, 25 February 2021
1689 On this day in history the Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire.
1698 On August - 27 baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760)
1719 John/Jean Nepveu, Dutch governor of Suriname (1768-79) on this day in history.
1725 Guillaume de Chazel, drowns in wreck of payship 'Le Chameau,' which sinks 25 km from Louisbourg; found by 3 divers in May 1966, with gold and silver coins worth $700,000 on August - 27.
1730 On August - 27 hamann, writer
1739 Michel Delalande, composer on August - 27.
1746 Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, composer, dies on this day in history.
1748 James Thomson, dies on August - 27.
1752 Herman Muntinghe, Dutch theologist (History of Mankind) on this day in history.
1758 On August - 27 colonel John Bradstreet 1714-1774 captures Fort Frontenac and its rich storehouses, as well as nine armed vessels with 100 guns, the total French naval force on Lake Ontario; British have only two wounded and not a single man killed
1768 Anne-Francois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Maastricht) on August - 27.
1770 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher/inventor (dialectic) on this day in history.
1776 On August - 27 americans lose to the British at the Batttle of Long Island.
1776 On August - 27 british defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island
1783 On August - 27 the first hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude
1783 1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude on this day in history.
1788 Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance on this day in history.
1789 French Natl Assembly issues "Decl of the Rights of Man & the Citizen" on this day in history.
1789 French Natl Assembly issues "Decl of Rights of Man & Citizen" on August - 27.
1798 Battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts The English on this day in history.
1799 On August - 27 english invasion army lands in North-Holland
1809 On August - 27 hannibal Hamlin, (R) 15th VP (1861-65)
1813 Battle of Dresden-Napoleon defeats Austrians on this day in history.
1816 On August - 27 lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates
1824 Hiram Gregory Berry, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on August - 27.
1826 On this day in history frank Stillman Nickerson, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1827 Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat, dies on this day in history.
1828 On this day in history uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk
1828 On this day in history eise J Eisinga, constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84
1830 Louis H J Condé, French prince, commits suicide at 74 on this day in history.
1832 Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up on this day in history.
1832 On this day in history james Alexander Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
1835 On this day in history albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter
1837 On this day in history heinrich Urban, composer
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