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 this day in history john Franklin Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

1822  Joseph Supries, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

1824  On July - 27 alexandre Dumas fils, France, playwright/novelist (Camille)   

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

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  On July - 27 adelaide, South Australia founded   

1837  On July - 27 uS Mint opens in Charlotte, NC   

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

1844  Fire destroys the US mint at Charlotte, NC on July - 27.   

1844  Fire destroys US mint at Charlotte, NC on this day in history.   

1844  On July - 27 john Dalton, Engl physicist/chemist (molecular theorist), dies at 77   

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

1857  Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator on this day in history.   

1861  On July - 27 union Gen George McClellan took command of Potamic Army   

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

1862  On July - 27 steamer "Golden Gate" burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico   

1862  On this day in history hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die   

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

1864  On this day in history margaret E Breckinridge, US nurse/daughter of VP John, dies   

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

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

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  On this day in history joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, England, author (Path to Rome)   

1872  On July - 27 stanislav Binicki, composer   

1878  Th to de Weeme, painter on this day in history.   

1879  C H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene on July - 27.   

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

1880  On July - 27 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 July - 27 birth of pier Francesco Corteccia, composer   

1518  Elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury/builder of country houses was born on July - 27.   

1609  On July - 27 birth of heinrich Pape, composer   

1612  Murad IV, sultan of Turkey (1623-40)/conquered Baghdad was born on this day in history.   

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

1667  Jean Bernoulli, mathematician was born on July - 27.   

1733  On July - 27 birth of jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)   

0082  On July - 27 st Joseph of Arimathea, dies   

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 July - 27.   

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  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 July - 27.   

1233  Ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders, dies at 45 on this day in history.