Historical Events In July - 27
Sunday, 28 May 2023
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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