Historical Events In July - 26
Friday, 27 March 2026
0657 Battle of Siffin 

0796 Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796) 

0811 Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine. 

0811 Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle. 

0920 Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at Pamplona 

1267 Inquistion forms in Rome under pope Clement IV. 

1309 Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V. 

1342 Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies. 

1467 Ferdinand II, King of Naples 

1469 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Edgecote Moor 

1471 Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54. 

1497 "Edward IV's son" Perkin Warbecks army lands in Cork. 

1499 Alonso dhe Ojeda discovers Curacao Island 

1519 Pizarro receives royal charter for S American west coast. 

1524 James I (12) is recorded as becoming king of Scotland 

1529 Francisco Pizarro appointed governor of Peru 

1533 Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies. 

1541 Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima. 

1576 Muitende Spanish troops conquer Aalst. 

1579 Francis Drake leaves SF to cross Pacific Ocean 

1588 John Hawkins is recorded as becoming a knight. 

1630 Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies 

1656 Rembrandt declares he is insolvent 

1663 France annexes Venaissin. 

1677 Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68. 

1678 England and Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France 

1678 Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11). 

1680 John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies. 

1694 Johann Samuel Endler, composer 

1712 Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80 

1719 Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43 

1728 John Friend, physician/politician, dies 

1739 George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) 

1757 Battle at Hastenbeck: French army beats duke of Cumberland. 

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