27 May - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on May 27, the day number in a year is 147 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 148. May 27 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
May 27 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1153 | Malcolm IV became King of Scotland at the age of twelve. |
| 1153 | Melkolam IV became King of Scotland. |
| 1199 | John is crowned King of England. John was King of England until his death in 1216. Following the battle of Bouvines, John lost the duchy of Normandy to King Philip II of France, which resulted in the collapse of most of the Angevin Empire and contributed to the subsequent growth in power of the Capetian dynasty during the 13th century. |
| 1199 | Joan was crowned King of England. |
| 1644 | Manchu regent Dorgon defeated rebel leader Li Zicheng of theShun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus toenter and conquer the capital city of Beijing. |
| 1703 | Russian Tsar Peter I founded Saint Petersburg afterreconquering the Ingrian land from Sweden during the Great Northern War. |
| 1717 | Spain united its South American colonies as the viceroyalty of New Grenada. |
| 1799 | War of the Second Coalition-Austrian forces defeated theFrench and captured the strategically important town of Winterthur,Switzerland. |
| 1799 | War of Winterthur: The Hobsberg army secured control of north-east Switzerland from the French army of the Danube. |
| 1805 | Napoleon Bonaparte became emperor of Italy. |
| 1856 | Doctor William Palmer Rowley Poisoner) was convicted of poisoning in Stafford, England. |
| 1857 | Nana Sahib was captured at Kanpur. Nana Sahib, born as Dhondu Pant, was an Indian, Maratha aristocrat, who led the Kanpur rebellion during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He was the adopted son of the exiled Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao II. |
| 1874 | The first group of the Dorsland Trek, a series of explorationsundertaken by Boers in search of political independence and betterliving conditions, departed South Africa for Angola. |
| 1895 | Film inventor was obtained by British inventor Bert Akres. |
| 1896 | The St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado, one of the deadliest and most destructive tornadoes in US history, struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing more than 255 people and injuring at least 1, 000 others. |
| 1896 | Czar Nicholas II became the last emperor of Russia. |
| 1906 | Maharashtra sahitya parishad was established in Pune. Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad is a literary institution situated in the West Indian state of Maharashtra for the purpose of the "furtherance of Marathi language and literature”. The Encyclopedia of Indian Literature considers it as Marathi's first representative literary body. |
| 1908 | Khilafat Day – the day of establishment of Khilafat in Islam Ahmadiyya. Khilafat Day is celebrated annually on May 27 by members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in remembrance of the significance of the system of spiritual leadership within the community known as Khilafat. |
| 1915 | HMS Princess Irene was obliterated by an explosion off Sheerness, United Kingdom with the loss of 352 lives. |
| 1919 | The Curtiss NC-4 flying boat arrived in Lisbon, Portugal,becoming the first fixed-wing aircraft to complete a transatlanticflight under its own power. |
| 1926 | Adopted the constitution in Lebanon. |
| 1930 | Jayaprakash Narayan, arrested after Dandi March. Jayaprakash Narayan was an Indian independence activist, social reformer and political leader, remembered especially for leading the mid-1970s opposition against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. |
| 1930 | Standing at 319 metres (1,047 ft), New York City's Chrysler Building opened as the world's tallest building before it was surpassedby the Empire State Building 11 months later. |
| 1935 | The United States Supreme Court ruled in Schechter PoultryCorp. v. United States that the National Industrial Recovery Act, amajor component of the New Deal, was unconstitutional. |
| 1942 | Czech fighters resisting Nazis in Prague ambushed and mortally wounded Reinhard Heydrich, the chief of Reich Security Main Office and the Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. |
| 1952 | The use of Hindi language in addition to English language and of Devnagri form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals was authorised for warrants of appointments of Governors of State, Judges of the Supreme Court and Judges of the High Court. |
| 1957 | Indian Copyright Act was passed. The Copyright Act, 1957 governs the subject of copyright law in India. The history of copyright law in India can be traced back to its colonial era under the British. The Copyright Act 1957 was the first post-independence copyright legislation in India and the law has been amended six times since 1957. The most recent amendment was in the year 2012, through the Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012. |
| 1964 | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru passed away at the age of 74. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics for much of the 20th century. He was found dead in the office, cause of death is believed to be heart attack. |
| 1967 | Australians overwhelmingly approved two amendments to theAustralian Constitution granting the government the power to make lawsto benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the nationalcensus. |
| 1981 | The Soviet Union conducted a nuclear test in the eastern Kazakh region. |
| 1983 | A massive explosion at an illegal fireworks factory nearBenton, Tennessee, US, killed eleven people and caused damage within aradius of several miles. |
| 1986 | The European Community adopted the European flag. The Flag of Europe consists of a circle of 12 golden (yellow) stars on an azure background. It is the flag and emblem of the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU). It is also often used to indicate euro zone countries, and, more loosely, to represent the continent of Europe or the countries of Europe independent of any of these institutions. |
| 1994 | Nobel Literature Award-winning Russian writer Alexander Solkenitsyn returned home after ending 20 years of exile in the West. |
| 1995 | American actor Christopher Reeve was thrown from his horse,leaving him a quadriplegic; he later became an activist on behalf ofpeople with spinal cord injuries. |
| 1999 | The fifth Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle mission, PSLV-C2, took off, marks an important milestone in the Indian Space Programme. This is the first time that an Indian launch vehicle carried multiple satellites, one primary satellite IRS-P4, a 1036 kg Indian remote sensing satellite (IRS-P4) or OCEANSAT-1; and two auxiliary payloads into 720 km polar Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). |
| 2006 | An earthquake measuring about 6.3 Mw struck near the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Java, killing at least 5, 700 people, injuring at least 36, 000, and leaving at least 1.5 million homeless. |
| 2006 | More than six thousand people died in a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Java island of Indonesia. |
| 2010 | India successfully test-fired the Dhanush and Prithvi 2 missile equipped with nuclear technology at Balasora district in Chandipur, Odisha. |
Famous Birthdays of May 27:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1980 | Craig Buntin / Figure Skater / Canada |
| 1970 | Tim Farron / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1950 | Dee Dee Bridgewater / Actress / United States of America |
| 1988 | Tyler Sash / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1977 | Abderrahmane Hammad / High Jumper / Algeria |
| 1943 | Bruce Weitz / Actor / United States of America |
| 1963 | Gonzalo Rubalcaba / Pianist / Cuba |
| 1970 | Joseph Fiennes / Actor / United Kingdom |
| 1987 | Martina Sablikova / Cyclist / Czech Republic |
| 1906 | Harry Hibbs / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1980 | Mukesh Chhabra / Actor / India |
| 1962 | Ray Borner / Basketball Player / Australia |
| 1931 | John Chapple / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 1944 | Chris Dodd / Politician / United States of America |
| 1879 | Hans Lammers / Politician / Germany |
| 1961 | José Luíz Barbosa / Runner / Brazil |
| 1948 | Wubbo de Boer / Civil Servant / Netherlands |
| 1981 | Marcelo Bonan / Footballer / Brazil |
| 1923 | Sumner Redstone / Business Man / United States of America |
| 1918 | Yasuhiro Nakasone / Politician / Japan |
| 1957 | Nitin Gadkari / Politician / India |
| 1946 | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen / Composer / Denmark |
| 1906 | Antonio Rosario Mennonna / Bishop / Italy |
| 1979 | Mile Sterjovski / Footballer / Australia |
| 1930 | William S. Sessions / Director / United States of America |
| 1935 | Daniel Colchico / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1971 | Kaur Kender / Author / Estonia |
| 1962 | Steven Brill / Actor / United States of America |
| 1909 | Dolores Hope / Singer / United States of America |
| 1990 | Chris Colfer / Actor / United States of America |
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