About February 27

February 27, 2024 is the 58th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 308 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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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 337 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.
  • 425 –
    The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.
  • 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.
  • 1700 –
    The island of New Britain is discovered.
  • 1776 –
    American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
  • 1801 –
    Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
  • 1812 –
    Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
  • 1844 –
    The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
  • 1900 –
    The British Labour Party is founded.
  • 1921 –
    The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
  • 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.
  • 1943 –
    The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.
  • 1961 –
    The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
  • 1973 –
    The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
  • 1976 –
    The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
  • 1989 –
    Venezuela is rocked by the Caracazo riots.
  • 2002 –
    Godhra train burning: a Muslim mob kills 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya;
  • 2004 –
    The initial version of the John Jay Report, with details about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States, is released.
  • 2007 –
    The Chinese Correction: the Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in 10 years.

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