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  John Franklin Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers) on July - 27.   

1822  Joseph Supries, composer, dies at 60 on July - 27.   

1824  The birth of Alexandre Dumas, French author on July - 27.   

1824  Alexandre Dumas fils, France, playwright/novelist (Camille) on this day in history.   

1828  Gilbert Charles Stuart, painter, dies on July - 27.   

1830  Revolution breaks out in Paris, opposing laws of Charles X on July - 27.   

1833  On July - 27 bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder/saint, dies at 26   

1836  On July - 27 adelaide, South Australia founded   

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 July - 27.   

1841  On this day in history mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, poet/novelist, dies   

1844  On July - 27 fire destroys the US mint at Charlotte, NC   

1844  On July - 27 fire destroys US mint at Charlotte, NC   

1844  John Dalton, Engl physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77 on July - 27.   

1848  Vladimir de Pachmann, painter on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1864  Margaret E Breckinridge, US nurse/daughter of VP John, dies on this day in history.   

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

1866  On July - 27 atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long)   

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

1879  On this day in history francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza)   

1880  Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out on this day in history.   

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

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

1502  On July - 27 birth of pier Francesco Corteccia, composer   

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  Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40)/conquered Baghdad was born on this day in history.   

1625  Edward Montagu, England was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history st Joseph of Arimathea, dies   

0432  On this day in history celestine I, Italian Pope (422-32), dies   

0916  On this day in history kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies   

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

1128  Willem van Normandia, earl of Flanders, dies in battle on July - 27.   

1214  Eustaes van Machelen, Flemish knight, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1227  Otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies on this day in history.   

1233  On this day in history ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders, dies at 45