On December 27, history records 37 notable events, 191 famous births and 103 deaths, spanning the years 537 to 1845.
Events on this day include: The Hagia Sophia is completed. (537); The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World. (1512).
Notable people born on December 27 include John I of Aragon (1350), Anne de Mortimer (1390), John I Albert (1459).
Notable figures who died on this day include Emperor Gaozong of Tang (683), Aeneas of Paris (870), Emma of Blois (1003).
Events on 27 December 37
See all →The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regard to native Indians in the New World.
The Zwickau prophets arrive in Wittenberg disturbing the peace and preaching the Apocalypse. Philip Melanchthon cannot silence them. Martin Luther is being held in protective custody at the Wartburg castle at this time. He is later released and is able, by his preaching, to regain the peace.
Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.
Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
War of 1812: The American schooner USS Carolina is destroyed. It was the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's makeshift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of evolution.
The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing eight people.
Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
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Birthdays on 27 December 191
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