Today In History, February 27 - Part I
Feb 27, 2024 19:40:33 #
Due to OPP technology restrictions, today’s offering will be two parts.
Events in History on February 27
* 837 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
* 1454 Siege of Malbork, including its castle, seat of the Teutonic Order begun by Polish and Prussian forces - captured September 1454
* 1526 Saxony and Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)
* 1531 Evangelical German towns form Schmalkaldische Union
* 1557 1st Russian Embassy arrives in London
* 1626 Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci
* 1665 Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Vice-admiral De Ruyter beats English
* 1667 Abraham Crijnssen conquers Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname
* 1670 Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I
* 1678 Earl of Shaftesbury freed from the Tower of London
* 1693 The first women's magazine "Ladies' Mercury", is published in London
* 1696 English/Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Association
* 1713 French troops bomb Willemstad, Curacao
* 1801 Washington, D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction
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* 1803 Great fire in Bombay, India
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* 1813 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted
* 1813 US Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail
* 1827 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
* 1844 Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)
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* 1861 Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland in Castle Square, Warsaw
* 1861 US Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing
* 1864 6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
* 1864 Near Andersonville, Georgia, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"
* 1865 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
* 1869 John Menard is 1st African American to make a speech in the US Congress
* 1871 Meeting of Alabama claims commission
* 1872 Charlotte Ray, 1st African American woman lawyer in USA, graduates from Howard University
* 1873 Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
* 1879 Russian Chemist Constantin Fahlberg discovers saccharin (artificial sweetener) [1]
* 1881 Battle at Amajuba: South African Boers vs British army under General Colley
* 1883 Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine
* 1890 D Needham and P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m) in San Francisco; match is a draw
* 1900 Battle of Paardeberg: Boer General Piet Cronjé surrenders to the British after a prolonged siege
* 1900 The Trades Union Congress and the Independent Labour Party (formed in 1893) meet in London, resulting in a Labour Representative Committee and eventually the modern UK Labour Party in 1906
Events in History on February 27
* 837 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
* 1454 Siege of Malbork, including its castle, seat of the Teutonic Order begun by Polish and Prussian forces - captured September 1454
* 1526 Saxony and Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)
* 1531 Evangelical German towns form Schmalkaldische Union
* 1557 1st Russian Embassy arrives in London
* 1626 Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci
* 1665 Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Vice-admiral De Ruyter beats English
* 1667 Abraham Crijnssen conquers Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname
* 1670 Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I
* 1678 Earl of Shaftesbury freed from the Tower of London
* 1693 The first women's magazine "Ladies' Mercury", is published in London
* 1696 English/Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Association
* 1713 French troops bomb Willemstad, Curacao
* 1801 Washington, D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction
*
* 1803 Great fire in Bombay, India
*
* 1813 1st federal vaccination legislation enacted
* 1813 US Congress authorizes use of steamboats to transport mail
* 1827 1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
* 1844 Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti (National Day)
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* 1861 Russians shoot at Poles protesting Russian rule of Poland in Castle Square, Warsaw
* 1861 US Congress authorizes 1st stamped newspaper wrappers for mailing
* 1864 6th and last day of battle at Dalton, Georgia (about 600 casualties)
* 1864 Near Andersonville, Georgia, rebels open a new POW camp "Camp Sumpter"
* 1865 Civil War skirmish near Sturgeon, Missouri
* 1869 John Menard is 1st African American to make a speech in the US Congress
* 1871 Meeting of Alabama claims commission
* 1872 Charlotte Ray, 1st African American woman lawyer in USA, graduates from Howard University
* 1873 Dutch socialist Samuel van Wooden demands law against child labor
* 1879 Russian Chemist Constantin Fahlberg discovers saccharin (artificial sweetener) [1]
* 1881 Battle at Amajuba: South African Boers vs British army under General Colley
* 1883 Oscar Hammerstein patents 1st cigar-rolling machine
* 1890 D Needham and P Kerrigan box 100 rounds (6 h 39 m) in San Francisco; match is a draw
* 1900 Battle of Paardeberg: Boer General Piet Cronjé surrenders to the British after a prolonged siege
* 1900 The Trades Union Congress and the Independent Labour Party (formed in 1893) meet in London, resulting in a Labour Representative Committee and eventually the modern UK Labour Party in 1906
Feb 27, 2024 22:24:20 #
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