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A collection of world events between 1492 and 1859, focusing on the 17th and 18th centuries. Please refer to the Guide
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EU Sc Rn 1501 Jul 27 Nicolaus Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral?? ?? ?? 1563 Jul 27 French army recaptures Le Havre GB Se By 1586 Jul 27 Sir Walter Raleigh brings first tobacco to England from Virginia ?? ?? ?? 1641 Jul 27 Prince Frederick Henry captures castle of Gennep NA Sc Rn 1655 Jul 27 Jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetery ?? ?? ?? Netherlands and Brandenburg sign military treaty GB Sc Lc 1661 Jul 27 British Parliament confirms the Act for the Encouragement of Trade (part of the Navigation Acts)
GB Cf ?? 1689 Jul 27 Battle of Killiecrankie, Jacobite Scottish Highlanders led by John Graham , 1st Viscount Dundee, defeats royal force led by Whig General Hugh MacKay
GB Sc Cm 1694 Jul 27 Bank of England granted 12 year charter by Act of Parliament ?? ?? ?? 1713 Jul 27 Russia and Turkey sign peace treaty EU Cf Nn 1714 Jul 27 Battle of Gangut: Russians beat Swedish fleet
GB Sc Gv English Queen Queen Anne fires premier Robert Harley NA Se Mn 1775 Jul 27 First US military hospital approved
FR Me Cp 1776 Jul 27 Silas Deane writes Congress of success in France
NA Sc Gv 1789 Jul 27 Congress establishes Department of Foreign Affairs, State Department FR ?? ?? 1794 Jul 27 Coup of thermidor/fall of Robespierre in Paris
?? ?? ?? 1795 Jul 27 Spain and France sign peace treaty NA Cf Sk 1806 Jul 27 Meriwether Lewis shoots Blackfoot Indian
SP Cf Nw 1809 Jul 27 Battle of Talavera: British/Spanish army vs French army
NA Cf Sk 1816 Jul 27 U.S. troops destroy Ft. Apalachicola, a Seminole fort, to punish Indians for harboring runaway slaves FR Cf Fv 1830 Jul 27 Revolution breaks out in Paris, opposing laws of Charles X AU Mv St 1836 Jul 27 Adelaide, South Australia founded
NA Sc Cm 1837 Jul 27 U.S. Mint opens in Charlotte, North Carolina GB Cf Sk 1839 Jul 27 Chartist riots break out in Birmingham England NA Sc Cl 1844 Jul 27 Fire destroys U.S. mint at Charlotte, North Carolina
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