Merriam-Webster dictionary defines history as a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events. It’s a chronological record of significant events often including an explanation of their causes. The earliest known use of the word history was in the 14th century.
This website utilizes entries from Wikipedia to extract historical events from 3761 BC up to the present. There are currently 105,060 records in our database. The present day Gregorian calendar was adopted to show dates of interest.
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About April 27
April 27, 2024 is the 118th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 248 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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Taurus is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 277 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 27
- 1565 –Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
- 1667 –The blind and impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.
- 1777 –American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
- 1813 –War of 1812: United States troops capture the capital of Upper Canada in the Battle of York (present day Toronto, Canada).
- 1914 –Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1936 –The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
- 1959 –The last Canadian missionary leaves the People’s Republic of China.
- 1992 –Russia and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
- 1996 –The 1996 Lebanon war ends.
- 2007 –Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
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