Page 3: Historical Events In July - 27

1816  US troops destroy Ft Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves on this day in history.   

1820  On July - 27 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  On July - 27 alexandre Dumas fils, France, playwright/novelist (Camille)   

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

1830  On July - 27 revolution breaks out in Paris, opposing laws of Charles X   

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 this day in history uS Mint opens in Charlotte, NC   

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

1840  Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

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

1844  On this day in history john Dalton, Engl physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77   

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  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  On this day in history margaret E Breckinridge, US nurse/daughter of VP John, dies   

1865  On this day in history welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.   

1866  Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long) on July - 27.   

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  Stanislav Binicki, composer on this day in history.   

1878  Th to de Weeme, painter on July - 27.   

1879  C H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene on this day in history.   

1879  On July - 27 francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza)   

1880  On this day in history battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out   

1880  On July - 27 a P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil   

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1452  On July - 27 birth of ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan (1494 . .1500)   

1502  On this day in history birth of pier Francesco Corteccia, composer   

1518  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury/builder of country houses   

1609  On July - 27 birth of heinrich Pape, composer   

1612  On this day in history birth of murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40)/conquered Baghdad   

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

1667  On this day in history birth of jean Bernoulli, mathematician   

1733  Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779) was born on July - 27.   

0082  St Joseph of Arimathea, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1101  Koenrad, RC-German king (1087-98), dies on this day in history.   

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

1214  Eustaes van Machelen, Flemish knight, dies in battle on July - 27.   

1227  On July - 27 otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies   

1233  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders, dies at 45 on July - 27.