Events on 27 March 41
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Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
Year 1329
Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.
Year 1513
Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.
Year 1625
Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.
Year 1782
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Year 1794
The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
Year 1809
Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real.
Year 1814
War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
Year 1836
Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican army massacres 342 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
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