Historical Events In July - 27

1816  US troops destroy Ft Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves on July - 27.   

1820  John Franklin Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers) on July - 27.   

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

1824  On July - 27 the birth of Alexandre Dumas, French author   

1824  Alexandre Dumas fils, France, playwright/novelist (Camille) on July - 27.   

1828  On this day in history gilbert Charles Stuart, painter, dies   

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

1833  On this day in history bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder/saint, dies at 26   

1836  Adelaide, South Australia founded on July - 27.   

1837  US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC on this day in history.   

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

1840  On this day in history ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1841  Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, poet/novelist, dies on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history fire destroys the US mint at Charlotte, NC   

1844  On this day in history fire destroys US mint at Charlotte, NC   

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

1848  On July - 27 vladimir de Pachmann, painter   

1857  On July - 27 ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator   

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

1861  On July - 27 battle of Mathias Point, VA   

1862  On this day in history steamer "Golden Gate" burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico   

1862  Hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die on July - 27.   

1864  On July - 27 battle of Darbytown, VA (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains)   

1864  Margaret E Breckinridge, US nurse/daughter of VP John, dies on July - 27.   

1865  Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina on July - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

1872  Stanislav Binicki, composer on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history th to de Weeme, painter   

1879  On this day in history c H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene   

1879  Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet (Il Libro Della Giovinezza) on this day in history.   

1880  Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out on July - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1518  On this day in history 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 July - 27.   

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

1667  Jean Bernoulli, mathematician was born on this day in history.   

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

0082  St Joseph of Arimathea, dies on July - 27.   

0432  Celestine I, Italian Pope (422-32), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1214  On July - 27 eustaes van Machelen, Flemish knight, dies in battle   

1227  Otto II van Lippe, bishop of Utrecht (1216-27), dies on July - 27.   

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