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49 events · 106 deaths · 232 births

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Year 1054

Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth.

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Year 1189

Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade.

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Year 1202

Georgian-Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Basian the Kingdom of Georgia defeats the Sultanate of Rum.

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Year 1214

Battle of Bouvines: Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England's Angevin Empire.

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Year 1299

According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state.

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Year 1302

Battle of Bapheus: Decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.

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Year 1549

The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan.

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Year 1663

The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports.

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Year 1689

Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie ends.

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Year 1694

A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 2

🇨🇺 Cuba · Commemoration of the Assault of the Moncada garrison

🇳🇪 Niger · Anniversary of the CNSP Coup (observed)

Birthdays on 27 July 232

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Ludovico Sforza

b. 1452 – d. 1508

Ludovico Sforza, Italian son of Francesco I Sforza (d. 1508)

Lucrezia Crivelli

b. 1452 – d. 1508

Lucrezia Crivelli, mistress of Ludovico Sforza (d. 1508)

Francesco Corteccia

b. 1502 – d. 1571

Francesco Corteccia, Italian composer (d. 1571)

Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond

b. 1578 – d. 1639

Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond (d. 1639)

Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich

b. 1625 – d. 1672

Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich (d. 1672)

Johann Bernoulli

b. 1667 – d. 1748

Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)

Jeremiah Dixon

b. 1733 – d. 1779

Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)

Jeanne Baré

b. 1740 – d. 1803

Jeanne Baré, French explorer (d. 1803)

François-Hippolyte Barthélémon

b. 1741 – d. 1808

François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French-English violinist and composer (d. 1808)

Samuel Smith (Maryland)

b. 1752 – d. 1839

Samuel Smith, American general and politician (d. 1839)

Charlotte Corday

b. 1768 – d. 1793

Charlotte Corday, French assassin of Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)

Joseph Anton Koch

b. 1768 – d. 1839

Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter (d. 1839)

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Deaths on 27 July 106

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Abdallah II of Ifriqiya

d. 903

Abdallah II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir

Chai Rong

d. 959

Chai Rong, emperor of Later Zhou

Pope Nicholas II

d. 1061

Nicholas II, pope of the Catholic Church

Conrad II of Italy

d. 1101 (b. 1074)

Conrad II, king of Italy (b. 1074)

Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester

d. 1101

Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester (b. c. 1047)

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Geoffrey, Count of Nantes

d. 1158 (b. 1134)

Geoffrey VI, Count of Anjou (b. 1134)

James I of Aragon

d. 1276 (b. 1208)

James I of Aragon (b. 1208)

Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria

d. 1365 (b. 1339)

Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1339)

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1469)

d. 1469 (b. 1423)

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1423)

Giovanni Sforza

d. 1510 (b. 1466)

Giovanni Sforza, Italian condottiere (b. 1466)

Salomo Glassius

d. 1656 (b. 1593)

Salomo Glassius, German theologian and critic (b. 1593)

Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne

d. 1675 (b. 1611)

Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (d. 1675)

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