Yesterday's History, Today's Story, History of Today's Events13th Century 14th Century 16th Century 17th Century 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century[edit] 21st Century Birth and Death Holidays and Customs

Yesterday's History, Today's Story, Historical Today's (18)

July 27 is the 208th day of the solar year, and there are 157 days left before the end of the year.

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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > 13th century</h1>

1202: Georgian-Seljuk War: Battle of Basian The Kingdom of Georgia defeats the Sultanate of Rum.

1214: At the Battle of Bouvines, the French army, under the command of Philip II, defeats the Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV, replacing him to establish his superiority on the continent.

1299: Ottoman I occupies Nicomedia for the first time and establishes the Ottoman regime.

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1302: After the Battle of Buffyus, the Fiasco of the Byzantine Empire leads the Ottoman Empire to take Bisonia directly.

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1549: The ship of jesuit Father Francis Xavier arrives in Japan.

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1694: The Bank of England is founded.

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1775: The Second Continental Congress enacts legislation establishing the U.S. Army Medical Department.

1789: The U.S. Department of State is established.

1794: The French National Convention passes a resolution to arrest the Jacobin leader Robespierre, and the Thermidorian coup takes place.

1795: Spain signs a peace treaty with France, ceding parts of the lands of Santo Domingo.

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1843: According to the Treaty of Nanking, Guangzhou opens a port.

1856: During the Siege of Allah, 58 British troops faced a siege of more than 8,000 Indian soldiers and held alla for eight days.

1866: The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is completed, connecting Ireland with Canada.

1890: Dutch painter Van Gogh shoots himself in Auway-sur-Oise, France, and dies two days later.

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1921: Insulin isolation is successful.

1929: 53 states sign the Geneva Convention governing the treatment of prisoners of war.

1941: Japanese occupation of French Indochina.

1949: The world's first jet, the First Test Flight of the British Comet Harveyland.

1953: The Korean War parties sign the Korean Armistice Agreement, which establishes a demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea near the 38th Parallel.

1954: Britain and Egypt agree on terms to end seventy-two years of British control of the Suez Canal.

1955: The Allies end the 10-year occupation of Austria.

1955: EL AL Flight 402 is shot down over Bulgaria, killing 58 people.

1958: The Baolan Railway connecting Inner Mongolia and Gansu is opened.

1974: The Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives decides to impeach President Richard Nixon.

1976: Lockheed Incident: Former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested.

1982: Fifth Middle East War. The Israeli air force attacked a civilian area in the Lebanese coastal city of Beirut.

1984: The 19th Congress of the Universal Postal Union concludes in Hamburg. Representatives of 145 States signed the new Convention.

1990: Belarus declares independence.

1995: The British government of Hong Kong successfully passed the Mandatory Provident Fund Scheme Ordinance to plan MPF.

1996: During the 26th Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA, an explosion at the Olympic Park kills two people.

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2002: A Su-27 fighter jet crashes into a crowd during an air show in Lviv, Ukraine, causing the worst airshow accident in history, killing 85 people.

2006: The Intel Core 2 Duo processor is officially released.

2008: Beijing Olympic Village opens to the public.

2009: The first round of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue opens in Washington, D.C.

2011: Nature published an article confirming that the asteroid 2010 TK7 discovered by the NASA infrared probe in october 2010 is the first confirmed Trojan asteroid on Earth.

2012: The 2012 Summer Olympics open at the Olympic Stadium in London, England, with Queen Elizabeth II presiding over the opening ceremony.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="49" > born</h1>

774: Kukai, ancestor of the Koyasan Shingon Sect in Japan, eighth ancestor of Tang Mi (died 835)

1768: Charlotte Cordet, an important figure during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution (d. 1793)

1773: Louisa, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Princess of the Kingdom of Naples (d. 1802)

1777 Thomas Campbell, Scottish poet (1844)

1824: Dumas the Younger, French writer (1895)

1835 Giusué Calducci, Italian poet and educator, winner of the 1906 Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1907)

1867: Enrique Granados, Spanish musician (1916)

1878: Matsui Ishigen, planner of the Nanjing Massacre (d. 1948)

1881: Hans Fischer, German chemist (1945)

In 1915:

Mario de Monaco, Italian tenor (died 1982)

Joseph Piller, German World War II fighter pilot (died 1961)

1948: Kawaguchi Koji, Japanese manga artist

1962: Shi Yaping, politician of the Republic of China

1963: Donnie Yen, Hong Kong martial artist, actor and director

1966: Taku Kitazaki, Japanese manga artist

1967: Lin Ping, Chinese singer

1969: Paul Michel Levisk, American wrestler

1970 : Nicola Kost-Waldau , Danish actor

1971: Mario, Taiwanese entertainer

1972: Takashi Shimizu, Japanese film director

1974: Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer

1981: Li Xiaopeng, Chinese gymnast

1984: Lü Xiaojun, Chinese weightlifter

1987 Jordan Hill, American basketball player

1990: Yoon Jung-il, South Korean actor

1991: Reina Matsui, Japanese actress, former member of idol group SKE48, former exchange student of Nogizaka 46

1993: Li Sha Minzi, Chinese female host

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959: Chai Rong, Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou, emperor of The Later Zhou Dynasty (b. 921), one of the Five Dynasties

1061 – Nico II, Pope of the Roman Catholic Church (date unknown)

1077: Shao Yong, Northern Song Dynasty theorist (b. 1012)

1129: Zhao Xu, Crown Prince of Yuanyi, Crown Prince of the Southern Song Dynasty (born 1127)

1276: Jaime I, King of Valencia (b. 1208)

1365 : Rudolf IV, Grand Duke of Austria (b. 1339)

1382: Giovanna I, Queen of Naples (born 1326)

1510 : Giovanni Sforza, Italian nobleman and mercenary leader (born 1466)

1841 Mikhail Lermontov, Russian writer, poet and painter (b. 1814)

1844: John Dalton, physicist (born 1766)

1958: Chennault, American Lieutenant General, Captain of the Flying Tigers (born 1893)

1970: Antonio Salazar, former Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1889)

1972: Richard Nicholas von Condenhovi-Kelech, Austrian-Japanese political activist and "Father of the European Union" (born 1894)

1976: Marco, Chinese composer (b. 1918)

1980: Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, King of Iran (born 1919)

1994: Kevin Carter, Pulitzer Prize winner, photographer (born 1960)

2003: Bob Hope, American entertainer and comedian (b. 1903)

2014: Mo Huaiqi, contemporary Chinese writer (b. 1951)

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Korea: Commemoration of victory in the War of Liberation of the Motherland

Philippines: Church of Christ Day

Puerto Rico: Birthday of José Celso Barbosa