85201 | July 27 | Death | 2015 – Samuel Pisar, Polish-American lawyer and author (b. 1929) |
85202 | July 27 | Death | 2015 – Anthony Shaw, English general (b. 1930) |
85203 | July 27 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Aurelius and Natalia and companions of the Martyrs of Córdoba.PantaleonSeven Sleepers of Ephesus (Roman Martyrology)July 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |
85204 | July 27 | Holiday and observance | Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War (North Korea) |
85205 | July 27 | Holiday and observance | Iglesia ni Cristo Day (the Philippines) |
85206 | July 27 | Holiday and observance | José Celso Barbosa Day (Puerto Rico) |
85207 | July 27 | Holiday and observance | Martyrs and Wounded Soldiers Day (Vietnam) |
85208 | July 27 | Holiday and observance | National Sleepy Head Day (Finland) |
85209 | July 28 | Event | 1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina. |
85210 | July 28 | Event | 1540 – Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day. |
85211 | July 28 | Event | 1571 – La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province in the Philippines is founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest encomiendas (provinces) in the country. |
85212 | July 28 | Event | 1778 – Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain. |
85213 | July 28 | Event | 1794 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France. |
85214 | July 28 | Event | 1808 – Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam. |
85215 | July 28 | Event | 1809 – Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte. |
85216 | July 28 | Event | 1821 – José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain. |
85217 | July 28 | Event | 1854 – USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy, is commissioned. |
85218 | July 28 | Event | 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia. |
85219 | July 28 | Event | 1866 – At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln). |
85220 | July 28 | Event | 1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law. |
85221 | July 28 | Event | 1896 – The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated. |
85222 | July 28 | Event | 1914 – In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I. |
85223 | July 28 | Event | 1915 – The United States of America begins a 20-year occupation of Haiti. |
85224 | July 28 | Event | 1932 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C. |
85225 | July 28 | Event | 1933 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Spain are established. |
85226 | July 28 | Event | 1935 – First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. |
85227 | July 28 | Event | 1938 – Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service. |
85228 | July 28 | Event | 1942 – World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging f |
85229 | July 28 | Event | 1943 – World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians. |
85230 | July 28 | Event | 1945 – A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26. |