Events on 27 June 38
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Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.
Year 1556
The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
Year 1743
In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
Year 1760
Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina during the Anglo-Cherokee War.
Year 1806
British forces take Buenos Aires during the first British invasions of the River Plate.
Year 1844
Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
Year 1864
Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War.
Year 1895
The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
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