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The following events took place on July 27. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 48 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 1054

  Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth.
• 1189

  Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade.
• 1202

  Georgian–Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Basian the Kingdom of Georgia defeats the Sultanate of Rum.
• 1214

  Battle of Bouvines: Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England’s Angevin Empire.
• 1299

  According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state.
• 1302

  Battle of Bapheus: Decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.
• 1549

  The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier’s ship reaches Japan.
• 1663

  The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports.
• 1689

  Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
• 1694

  A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.
• 1720

  The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy.
• 1778

  American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant: British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
• 1789

  The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
• 1794

  French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 “enemies of the Revolution”.
• 1862

  Sailing from San Francisco to Panama City, Panama, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231.
• 1865

  Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
• 1866

  The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart’s Content, Newfoundland.
• 1880

  Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand: Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan.
• 1890

  Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
• 1900

  Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, “Hun” would be a disparaging name for Germans.
• 1914

  Felix Manalo registers the Iglesia ni Cristo with the Philippine government.
• 1917

  The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
• 1919

  The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
• 1921

  Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
• 1929

  The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
• 1940

  The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
• 1941

  Japanese troops occupy French Indochina.
• 1942

  World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
• 1949

  Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
• 1953

  Fighting in the Korean War ends when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.

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