What are the important events that happened on July 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 27: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 27 is the 208th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 157 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 14, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 487,104 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctagon’ day.
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Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 205 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,601 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 27 Historical Events
- 1202 –Battle of Basian.
- 1214 –Battle of Bouvines: in France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.
- 1549 –The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier’s ship reaches Japan.
- 1778 –American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff.
- 1794 –French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 “enemies of the Revolution”.
- 1865 –Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
- 1929 –The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
- 1964 –Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
- 1990 –The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago, occupying the Trinidad and the studios of Trinidad and Tobago Television, holding Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and most of his Cabinet as well as the staff at the television station hostage for 6 days.
- 1995 –The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
Who were born on July 27?
- 1768 –Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
- 1929 –Marc Wilkinson, Australian composer and conductor
- 1942 –John Pleshette, American actor
- 1950 –Simon Jones, English actor
- 1970 –Nikolaj Coster Waldau, Danish actor
- 1974 –Pete Yorn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1979 –Shannon Moore, American professional wrestler
- 1979 –Sidney Govou, French footballer
- 1984 –Kenny Wormald, American dancer and actor
- 1984 –Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Japanese baseball player
Who died on July 27?
- 1101 –Conrad, King of Germany and Italy (b. 1074)
- 1365 –Duke Rudolf IV of Austria (b. 1339)
- 1759 –Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician (b. 1698)
- 1876 –Albertus van Raalte, Dutch-American religious leader (b. 1811)
- 1941 –Alfred Henry O'Keeffe, New Zealand artist (b. 1858)
- 1970 –António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese statesman (b. 1889)
- 1978 –Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1907)
- 1995 –Rick Ferrell, American baseball player (b. 1905)
- 2001 –Rhonda Sing, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1961)
- 2010 –Jack Tatum, American football player (b. 1948)
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