22081 | February 27 | Event | 1560 – The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland. |
22082 | February 27 | Event | 1594 – Henry IV is crowned King of France. |
22083 | February 27 | Event | 1617 – Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea. |
22084 | February 27 | Event | 1626 – Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci. |
22085 | February 27 | Event | 1700 – The island of New Britain is discovered. |
22086 | February 27 | Event | 1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia. |
22087 | February 27 | Event | 1782 – American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America. |
22088 | February 27 | Event | 1801 – Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress. |
22089 | February 27 | Event | 1809 – Action of 27 February 1809: Captain Bernard Dubourdieu captures HMS Proserpine |
22090 | February 27 | Event | 1812 – Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time. |
22091 | February 27 | Event | 1812 – Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire. |
22092 | February 27 | Event | 1829 – Battle of Tarqui is fought. |
22093 | February 27 | Event | 1844 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti. |
22094 | February 27 | Event | 1860 – Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency. |
22095 | February 27 | Event | 1861 – Russian troops fire on a crowd in Warsaw protesting against Russian rule over Poland, killing five protesters. |
22096 | February 27 | Event | 1864 – American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. |
22097 | February 27 | Event | 1870 – The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships. |
22098 | February 27 | Event | 1881 – First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place. |
22099 | February 27 | Event | 1898 – King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt. |
22100 | February 27 | Event | 1900 – Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg. |
22101 | February 27 | Event | 1900 – The British Labour Party is founded. |
22102 | February 27 | Event | 1900 – Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded. |
22103 | February 27 | Event | 1902 – Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry 'Breaker' Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria for war crimes. |
22104 | February 27 | Event | 1921 – The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna. |
22105 | February 27 | Event | 1922 – A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett. |
22106 | February 27 | Event | 1933 – Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility. The Nazis used the fire to solidify their power and eliminate the communists as political r |
22107 | February 27 | Event | 1939 – United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes violate property owners' rights and are therefore illegal. |
22108 | February 27 | Event | 1940 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14. |
22109 | February 27 | Event | 1942 – World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies. |
22110 | February 27 | Event | 1943 – The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men. |