On July 27, history records 49 notable events, 232 famous births and 106 deaths, spanning the years 1054 to 1694.
Events on this day include: Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth. (1054); Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade. (1189).
Notable people born on July 27 include Ludovico Sforza (1452), Lucrezia Crivelli (1452), Francesco Corteccia (1502).
Notable figures who died on this day include Abdallah II of Ifriqiya (903), Chai Rong (959), Pope Nicholas II (1061).
Events on 27 July 49
See all →Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth.
Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade.
Georgian-Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Basian the Kingdom of Georgia defeats the Sultanate of Rum.
Battle of Bouvines: Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England's Angevin Empire.
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.
Battle of Bapheus: Decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest.
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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Birthdays on 27 July 232
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Deaths on 27 July 106
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