WikiRug:Selected anniversaries/February 27
This is a list of selected February 27 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| : Independence Day in the Dominican Republic (1844) | refimprove section |
| 907 – Abaoji, a Khitan chieftain, was enthroned as Emperor Taizu, establishing the Liao dynasty in northern China. | unreferenced section |
| 1594 – Henry IV of France was crowned at the Chartres Cathedral near Paris, beginning the Bourbon dynasty. | refimprove sections |
| 1617 – Rise of Sweden as a great power: Sweden signed the Treaty of Stolbovo to end the Ingrian War with Russia, making large territorial gains. | Needs more references, short |
| 1801 – Under the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C., a new planned city and capital of the United States, was placed under the jurisdiction of Congress. | unreferenced section |
| 1812 – Manuel Belgrano raised the flag of Argentina, which he designed, in the city of Rosario, during the Argentine War of Independence. | unreferenced section |
| 1900 – The Trades Union Congress held a conference in London to bring together all left-wing organisations and form them into a single body that would sponsor Parliamentary candidates—the Labour Party. | refimprove section |
| 1963 – Juan Bosch became the first democratically elected President of the Dominican Republic since the assassination of dictator Rafael Trujillo two years earlier. | refimprove |
| 1973 – Approximately 200 followers of the American Indian Movement seized and occupied the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, for five weeks. | refimprove section |
| 1976 – The rebel movement Polisario Front proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Western Sahara. | unreferenced section, external links |
| 2004 – The initial version of the John Jay Report, with details about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States, was released. | unreferenced section |
Eligible
- 380 – Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire as a result of the Edict of Thessalonica.
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: A Patriot victory in the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge resulted in the arrests of 850 Loyalists over the following days.
- 1900 – FC Bayern Munich, Germany's most successful football club, was founded.
- 1940 – American biochemists Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discovered carbon-14, which today is used extensively as the basis of the radiocarbon dating method to date archaeological and geological samples.
- 1962 – Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bombed the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate President Ngo Dinh Diem.
- 1982 – The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, known for its performances of Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy operas, gave its last performance.
- 1988 – The Armenian community of Sumgait in Azerbaijan was the target of a violent pogrom.
- 1996 – The media franchise Pokémon was launched with the release of the first versions of the video games Pokémon Red and Green.
- 2002 – A violent riot in Gujarat, India, killed at least 1,000 people (mostly Muslims), possibly having been triggered by a train fire that killed 58 Hindu pilgrims.
- Born/died this day: Robert of Melun (d. 1167) · Ellen Terry (b. 1847) · Joaquín Sorolla (b. 1863) · Ivan Pavlov (d. 1936) · Chelsea Clinton (b. 1980) · Leah Poulton (b. 1984)
Notes
- Ngo Dinh Diem (1959 assassination attempt) appears on February 22, so 1962 attempt should not appear in the same year
- 1560 – The Treaty of Berwick was signed, setting the terms under which an English fleet and army could enter Scotland to expel French troops defending the Regency of Mary of Guise.
- 1870 – The current flag of Japan was first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
- 1933 – The Reichstag building in Berlin, home of the German Parliament, was set on fire (pictured), a pivotal event in the establishment of the Nazi regime in Germany.
- 1989 – A wave of protests, riots and looting known as the Caracazo resulted in a death toll of between 276 and 2,000 people in the Venezuelan capital Caracas and its surrounding towns.
- 2015 – Russian statesman and politician Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, was assassinated in central Moscow.
William Alabaster (b. 1567) · Alice Hamilton (b. 1869) · Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (d. 1956)