About February 27

February 27, 2025 is the 58th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 307 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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Pisces is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Amethyst is the modern birthstone for this month. Bloodstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 355 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On February 27

  • 380 –
    Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I, with co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II, declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to trinitarian Christianity.
  • 1560 –
    The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland.
  • 1594 –
    Henry IV is crowned King of France.
  • 1617 –
    Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
  • 1700 –
    The island of New Britain is discovered.
  • 1844 –
    The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
  • 1870 –
    The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
  • 1900 –
    Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje at the Battle of Paardeberg.
  • 1922 –
    A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
  • 1933 –
    Reichstag fire: Germany’s parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.
  • 1939 –
    United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes violate property owners’ rights and are therefore illegal.
  • 1943 –
    The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin
  • 1943 –
    The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
  • 1961 –
    The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
  • 1963 –
    The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
  • 1964 –
    The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
  • 1989 –
    Venezuela is rocked by the Caracazo riots.
  • 1991 –
    Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that “Kuwait is liberated”.
  • 2002 –
    Godhra train burning: a Muslim mob kills 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya;
  • 2010 –
    An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggered a tsunami which struck Hawaii shortly after.

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