Page 3: Historical Events In July - 27

1816  On this day in history uS troops destroy Ft Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves   

1820  John Franklin Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

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

1824  On this day in history the birth of Alexandre Dumas, French author   

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

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

1836  On this day in history adelaide, South Australia founded   

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

1839  Chartist riots break out in Birmingham England on July - 27.   

1840  Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1848  On this day in history vladimir de Pachmann, painter   

1857  On this day in history ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge, orientalist/museum curator   

1861  Union Gen George McClellan took command of Potamic Army on this day in history.   

1861  Battle of Mathias Point, VA on July - 27.   

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

1862  On July - 27 hurricane hits Canton; about 40,000 die   

1864  Battle of Darbytown, VA (Deep Bottom, Newmarket Road) (Strawberry Plains) on July - 27.   

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

1865  On July - 27 welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.   

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

1866  Cyrus W. Field lays the first successful underwater telegraph cable connecting North America and Europe (after two failed attempts) on July - 27.   

1870  Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, England, author (Path to Rome) on this day in history.   

1872  On July - 27 stanislav Binicki, composer   

1878  On July - 27 th to de Weeme, painter   

1879  On July - 27 c H F Peters discovers asteroid #200 Dynamene   

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

1880  On July - 27 battle of Maiwand, at which Dr Watson was wounded, breaks out   

1880  On this day in history a P Abourne patents a process for refining coconut oil   

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1452  On this day in history birth of ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan (1494 . .1500)   

1502  On this day in history birth of pier Francesco Corteccia, composer   

1518  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Talbot, countess of Shrewsbury/builder of country houses   

1609  Heinrich Pape, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  Jean Bernoulli, mathematician was born on July - 27.   

1733  Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779) was born on July - 27.   

0082  St Joseph of Arimathea, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1128  On this day in history willem van Normandia, earl of Flanders, dies in battle   

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 July - 27 ferrand of Portugal, earl of Flanders, dies at 45