380 The Edict of Thessalonica was issued on February 27, 380. It ordered all subjects of the Roman Empire to profess the faith of the bishops of Rome and Alexandria, making Nicene Christianity the state religion of the Roman Empire.
1557 The first Russian Embassy opened in London on February 27, 1557, during Ivan the Terrible’s reign. The Russian Tsar engaged in a long correspondence with Queen Elizabeth of England and invited her merchant adventurers to trade in his domains.
1594 When Henry of Navarre succeeded King Henry III of France, The Catholic League prevented a universal recognition of his new title, because of his Protestant faith. Henry renounced Protestantism and accepted Roman Catholicism in 1593, securing the allegiance of the vast majority of his subjects, He was crowned King Henry IV of France at the Cathedral of Chartres on February 27, 1594.
1675 Matthew Locke's Psyche is the oldest surviving English opera. It was first performed at Dorset Garden Theatre, London on February 27, 1675 by the Duke's Company with choreography by the French dancing-master Saint-André.
1691 English publisher Edward Cave was born on February 27, 1691.The first periodical called a magazine was the Gentleman's Magazine launched by Edward Cave in January 1731. In an age of lousy yellow journalism, the punchy periodical featured stories about fire-eating as well as essays by a young upstart named Samuel Johnson.
1812 The poet Lord Byron first took his seat in the House Of Lords in March 1809. He made little use of his seat but did speak on behalf of stocking weavers in his home county of Nottinghamshire on February 27, 1812.
1812 The Argentina population rose against Spanish rule in 1810. In May the Primera Junta, the first independent government in Argentina, was established in an open cabildo in Buenos Aires. The Argentine flag was first raised at the city of Rosario on February 27, 1812. On July 9, 1816 a congress of deputies meeting at San Miguel de Tucumán declared the country's independence and designated it as the national flag.
1844 The Dominican Republic gained independence from Haiti on February 27, 1844. This event marked the end of the Dominican War of Independence, during which nationalist forces led by Juan Pablo Duarte, Ramón Matías Mella, and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez fought against Haitian rule. After their victory, the Dominican Republic emerged as a separate and independent nation. Its first Constitution was modeled after the United States Constitution.
1854 The German composer Robert Schumann suffered from manic depression and found it difficult because his wife Clara was more famous than he was. He drank a lot of beer and champagne and had a complete nervous breakdown in 1844. On February 27, 1854, Schumann threw himself into the River Rhine, but was rescued by boatmen. Afterwards, he asked to be taken to an asylum for the insane, in Endenich near Bonn where he spent the last two years of his life.
1860 Abraham Lincoln’s celebrated speech at New York’s Cooper Union (see below) on February 27, 1860 played a central role in bringing him to national prominence and catapulted him into contention for the presidential nomination. Lincoln won the Republican nomination in 1860 and subsequently won the presidency.
1870 The national flag of Japan is a white rectangular flag with a large red disc (representing the sun) in the center. This flag is known as Hinomaru ("circle of the sun"). In 1854, during the Tokugawa shogunate, Japanese ships were ordered to hoist the Hinomaru to distinguish themselves from foreign ships. It was officially adopted adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships on February 27, 1870.
1881 Wilhelm II, German Emperor, married Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg on February 27, 1881. A plain, unimaginative woman with few intellectual interests and no talents, she bored him and encouraged his reactionary tendencies, but all the same represented a point of stability in his life. During their marriage, Augusta gave birth to six sons and a daughter.
1887 Russian romantic composer and chemist Alexander Borodin died prematurely aged 53 on February 27, 1887. Aside from his musical and scientific commitments, Borodin was a devoted husband and was under considerable strain at home. His wife Ekaterina continually battled with asthma and had very unusual sleeping habits (4am to 2pm) and the couple adopted a seven-year-old girl. All these pressures contributed to Borodin’s premature death.
1557 The first Russian Embassy opened in London on February 27, 1557, during Ivan the Terrible’s reign. The Russian Tsar engaged in a long correspondence with Queen Elizabeth of England and invited her merchant adventurers to trade in his domains.
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| Russian embassy in London, 1662. Unknown English painter |
1594 When Henry of Navarre succeeded King Henry III of France, The Catholic League prevented a universal recognition of his new title, because of his Protestant faith. Henry renounced Protestantism and accepted Roman Catholicism in 1593, securing the allegiance of the vast majority of his subjects, He was crowned King Henry IV of France at the Cathedral of Chartres on February 27, 1594.
1675 Matthew Locke's Psyche is the oldest surviving English opera. It was first performed at Dorset Garden Theatre, London on February 27, 1675 by the Duke's Company with choreography by the French dancing-master Saint-André.
1691 English publisher Edward Cave was born on February 27, 1691.The first periodical called a magazine was the Gentleman's Magazine launched by Edward Cave in January 1731. In an age of lousy yellow journalism, the punchy periodical featured stories about fire-eating as well as essays by a young upstart named Samuel Johnson.
1812 The poet Lord Byron first took his seat in the House Of Lords in March 1809. He made little use of his seat but did speak on behalf of stocking weavers in his home county of Nottinghamshire on February 27, 1812.
1812 The Argentina population rose against Spanish rule in 1810. In May the Primera Junta, the first independent government in Argentina, was established in an open cabildo in Buenos Aires. The Argentine flag was first raised at the city of Rosario on February 27, 1812. On July 9, 1816 a congress of deputies meeting at San Miguel de Tucumán declared the country's independence and designated it as the national flag.
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| Argentina national flag |
1844 The Dominican Republic gained independence from Haiti on February 27, 1844. This event marked the end of the Dominican War of Independence, during which nationalist forces led by Juan Pablo Duarte, Ramón Matías Mella, and Francisco del Rosario Sánchez fought against Haitian rule. After their victory, the Dominican Republic emerged as a separate and independent nation. Its first Constitution was modeled after the United States Constitution.
1854 The German composer Robert Schumann suffered from manic depression and found it difficult because his wife Clara was more famous than he was. He drank a lot of beer and champagne and had a complete nervous breakdown in 1844. On February 27, 1854, Schumann threw himself into the River Rhine, but was rescued by boatmen. Afterwards, he asked to be taken to an asylum for the insane, in Endenich near Bonn where he spent the last two years of his life.
1860 Abraham Lincoln’s celebrated speech at New York’s Cooper Union (see below) on February 27, 1860 played a central role in bringing him to national prominence and catapulted him into contention for the presidential nomination. Lincoln won the Republican nomination in 1860 and subsequently won the presidency.
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| The Cooper Union (2007). By I, DavidShankbone, Commons Wikipedia |
1870 The national flag of Japan is a white rectangular flag with a large red disc (representing the sun) in the center. This flag is known as Hinomaru ("circle of the sun"). In 1854, during the Tokugawa shogunate, Japanese ships were ordered to hoist the Hinomaru to distinguish themselves from foreign ships. It was officially adopted adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships on February 27, 1870.
1881 Wilhelm II, German Emperor, married Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg on February 27, 1881. A plain, unimaginative woman with few intellectual interests and no talents, she bored him and encouraged his reactionary tendencies, but all the same represented a point of stability in his life. During their marriage, Augusta gave birth to six sons and a daughter.
1900 In the 1895 general election, the Independent Labour Party won only 44,325 votes. Keir Hardie believed that to obtain success in parliamentary elections, it would be necessary to join with other left-wing groups. so his party, together with various trade unions and the Fabian Society founded an association called the Labour Representation Committee. The British Labour party was formed at the Congregational Memorial Hall in North London on February 27, 1900
1900 When members of the Munich Gymnastics Club decided that the footballers of the club would not be allowed to join the German Football Association (DFB), 11 members left the congregation. That same evening, on February 27, 1900, they formed the FC Bayern Munich football club. Within a few months, Bayern had achieved several high-scoring victories, including a 15–0 win against FC Nordstern,
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| One of the first Bayern Munich squads, in 1900. |
1932 The actress Elizabeth Taylor was born in London on February 27, 1932. Her parents, Francis Lenn Taylor and Sara Sothern, were originally from Arkansas City, Kansas and were living in England. They returned to the United States on the onset of World War II. Elizabeth Taylor began her movie career as a child actress in the early 1940s, making her screen debut in a minor role in There's One Born Every Minute (1942). Her breakthrough role came two years later in National Velvet.
1936 The Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov died on February 27, 1936. In the 1890s Pavlov studied digestion, utilizing his medical abilities to divide a dog's stomach enabling him to collect its gastric juice. During this work he noted the way in which dogs salivate when stimulated by the routine of feeding. In a well-known experiment Pavlov trained a hungry dog to salivate at the sound of a bell. Pavlov's work laid a foundation for the scientific analysis of human behavior.
1940 The radioactive isotope carbon-14 is used as a tracer in biological research and in dating archaeological and geological samples. American biochemists Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discovered carbon-14 on February 27, 1940.
1967 The national flag of Antigua and Barbuda was adopted on February 27, 1967. The flag features a combination of red, black, and white colors, with a blue triangle at the hoist containing the symbols of the sun, sea, and the island's freedom. The design was created by a nationally acclaimed artist and sculptor, Sir Reginald Samuel. The adoption of the flag coincided with the achievement of self-government for Antigua and Barbuda within the British Commonwealth.
1983 On February 27, 1993, the Waco Tribune-Herald began publishing "The Sinful Messiah", a series of articles, which reported allegations that David Koresh, self-proclaimed final prophet of The Branch Davidian cult had physically abused children in the compound and had committed statutory rape by taking multiple underage brides. The subsequent Waco siege by the FBI ended with the death of Koresh and 79 others.
1992 Tiger Woods competed in his first PGA Tour event, the Nissan Los Angeles Open, at 16 years 1 month and 28 days old, on February 27, 1992. The tournament took place from February 27 to March 1, 1992. Woods, at the time, was a highly talented amateur golfer and went on to have a remarkable career, becoming one of the greatest golfers in the history of the sport.
1967 The national flag of Antigua and Barbuda was adopted on February 27, 1967. The flag features a combination of red, black, and white colors, with a blue triangle at the hoist containing the symbols of the sun, sea, and the island's freedom. The design was created by a nationally acclaimed artist and sculptor, Sir Reginald Samuel. The adoption of the flag coincided with the achievement of self-government for Antigua and Barbuda within the British Commonwealth.
1983 On February 27, 1993, the Waco Tribune-Herald began publishing "The Sinful Messiah", a series of articles, which reported allegations that David Koresh, self-proclaimed final prophet of The Branch Davidian cult had physically abused children in the compound and had committed statutory rape by taking multiple underage brides. The subsequent Waco siege by the FBI ended with the death of Koresh and 79 others.
1992 Tiger Woods competed in his first PGA Tour event, the Nissan Los Angeles Open, at 16 years 1 month and 28 days old, on February 27, 1992. The tournament took place from February 27 to March 1, 1992. Woods, at the time, was a highly talented amateur golfer and went on to have a remarkable career, becoming one of the greatest golfers in the history of the sport.
1996 The Pokémon franchise began as a pair of video games for the original Game Boy that were developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo on February 27, 1996. The Pokémon franchise is based on the concept of catching, collecting, raising, trading, and battling with hundreds of different creatures. This concept was first thought of by Pokémon executive director Satoshi Tajiri, around 1989 or 1990, when the Game Boy was first released.
2005 Clint Eastwood became the oldest person to win the Best Director Academy Award when on February 27, 2005, at age of 74, he won the Oscar for Million Dollar Baby. It was Eastwood's second Best Director Oscar win: In 1993, he won the award for Unforgiven at the age of 61.
2010 An earthquake occurred off the coast of central Chile on February 27, 2010 at 03:34 local time with a magnitude of 8.8. The intense shaking lasting for about three minutes and it caused the city of Concepción to move 10 feet to the west. The quake triggered a tsunami which struck Hawaii shortly after.
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