Historical Events In August - 27
Tuesday, 07 July 2020
1689 On August - 27 the Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire.
1698 Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760) on August - 27.
1719 On August - 27 john/Jean Nepveu, Dutch governor of Suriname (1768-79)
1725 On August - 27 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
1730 On this day in history hamann, writer
1739 Michel Delalande, composer on August - 27.
1746 On this day in history johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, composer, dies
1748 On August - 27 james Thomson, dies
1752 Herman Muntinghe, Dutch theologist (History of Mankind) on this day in history.
1758 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 on this day in history.
1768 Anne-Francois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Maastricht) on this day in history.
1770 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher/inventor (dialectic) on August - 27.
1776 On this day in history americans lose to the British at the Batttle of Long Island.
1776 British defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island on this day in history.
1783 On August - 27 the first hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude
1783 On this day in history 1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude
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 August - 27.
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 August - 27.
1799 English invasion army lands in North-Holland on this day in history.
1809 Hannibal Hamlin, (R) 15th VP (1861-65) on August - 27.
1813 Battle of Dresden-Napoleon defeats Austrians on August - 27.
1816 Lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates on this day in history.
1824 On August - 27 hiram Gregory Berry, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
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 Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk on August - 27.
1828 On this day in history eise J Eisinga, constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84
1830 On this day in history louis H J Condé, French prince, commits suicide at 74
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 August - 27 albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter
1837 Heinrich Urban, composer on August - 27.
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