Hisdates•ComPage 2: Historical Events In August - 27
Saturday, 29 March 2025
1689 The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire on August - 27. 
1698 Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760) on August - 27.
1719 John/Jean Nepveu, Dutch governor of Suriname (1768-79) on August - 27.
1725 On August - 27 guillaume de Chazel, drowns in wreck of payship 'Le Chameau,' which sinks 25 km from Louisbourg; found by 3 divers in May 1966, with gold and silver coins worth $700,000
1730 On August - 27 hamann, writer
1739 Michel Delalande, composer on August - 27.
1746 On August - 27 johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, composer, dies
1748 James Thomson, dies on this day in history.
1752 On this day in history herman Muntinghe, Dutch theologist (History of Mankind)
1758 Colonel John Bradstreet 1714-1774 captures Fort Frontenac and its rich storehouses, as well as nine armed vessels with 100 guns, the total French naval force on Lake Ontario; British have only two wounded and not a single man killed on this day in history.
1768 Anne-Francois Mellinet, French/Belgian general (Maastricht) on August - 27.
1770 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher/inventor (dialectic) on this day in history.
1776 On August - 27 americans lose to the British at the Batttle of Long Island.
1776 On August - 27 british defeat Americans in Battle of Long Island
1783 On August - 27 the first hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude
1783 On August - 27 1st hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900 m altitude
1788 Jacques Neeker names French minister of Finance on this day in history.
1789 On August - 27 french Natl Assembly issues "Decl of the Rights of Man & the Citizen"
1789 French Natl Assembly issues "Decl of Rights of Man & Citizen" on this day in history.
1798 On August - 27 battle at Castelbar, Ireland: French army hunts The English
1799 English invasion army lands in North-Holland on August - 27.
1809 On this day in history hannibal Hamlin, (R) 15th VP (1861-65)
1813 On August - 27 battle of Dresden-Napoleon defeats Austrians
1816 Lord Exmouth bombs Algiers, a refuge for Barbary pirates on August - 27.
1824 On this day in history hiram Gregory Berry, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1826 Frank Stillman Nickerson, Brig General (Union volunteers) on August - 27.
1827 Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat, dies on August - 27.
1828 On August - 27 uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk
1828 Eise J Eisinga, constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1830 On August - 27 louis H J Condé, French prince, commits suicide at 74
1832 Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up on August - 27.
1832 James Alexander Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 on this day in history.
1835 Albijn van de Abeele, Flemish author/mayor/painter on this day in history.
1837 Heinrich Urban, composer on this day in history.
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