Historical Events In July - 27

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

1820  John Franklin Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history joseph Supries, composer, dies at 60  

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  Gilbert Charles Stuart, painter, dies on July - 27.  

1830  On this day in history 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 July - 27.  

1837  On this day in history uS Mint opens in Charlotte, NC  

1839  On July - 27 chartist riots break out in Birmingham England  

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

1848  Vladimir de Pachmann, painter on July - 27.  

1857  Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator on July - 27.  

1861  Union Gen George McClellan took command of Potamic Army on July - 27.  

1861  Battle of Mathias Point, VA on this day in history.  

1862  Steamer "Golden Gate" burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico on July - 27.  

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  On July - 27 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 this day in history.  

1866  On this day in history cyrus W. Field lays the first successful underwater telegraph cable connecting North America and Europe (after two failed attempts).  

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 this day in history.  

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

1879  Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza) on July - 27.  

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

1880  A P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil on July - 27.  

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1452  Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan (1494 . .1500) was born on July - 27.  

1502  Pier Francesco Corteccia, composer was born on July - 27.  

1518  On July - 27 birth of elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury/builder of country houses  

1609  Heinrich Pape, composer was born on July - 27.  

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

1625  Edward Montagu, England was born on July - 27.  

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

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

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

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

0916  Kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies on July - 27.  

1101  Koenrad, RC-German king (1087-98), dies on July - 27.  

1128  On July - 27 willem van Normandia, earl of Flanders, dies in battle  

1214  On this day in history eustaes van Machelen, Flemish knight, dies in battle  

1227  On this day in history otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies  

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