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November 27 in history

169 sourced entries recorded on November 27, from 8 BCE to 2025 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 25Luoyang becomes the capital of the Houhan or Eastern Han dynasty.source
  • 176Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of Imperator, and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.source
  • 602A civil war breaks out and Phocas enters Constantinople. Maurice is captured trying to escape; he is forced to witness the slaughter of his five sons and all his supporters, and is then executed (beheaded) after a 20-year reign. His wife, Constantina, and his three daughters are spared, and sent to a monastery. Phocas is proclaimed the new emperor of the Byzantine Empire.source
  • 885The Vikings begin the Siege of Paris by attacking the northeast tower with ballistae, mangonels and catapults. All Viking attacks are repulsed by Count Odo, who defends the city with a small garrison (about 200 men). Sigfred decides to withdraw, and builds a camp on the right bank of the river. Meanwhile he mines the city, and scours the countryside for provisions.source
  • 1001Battle of Peshawar: Jayapala suffers defeat from the Ghaznavid Empire.source
  • 1095Urban II preaches the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont; Peter the Hermit begins to preach throughout France.source
  • 1237Battle of Cortenuova: Frederick II defeats the forces of the Lombard League; about 5,000 Lombards are captured. Frederick makes a triumphal entry into the allied city of Cremona in the manner of an ancient Roman emperor, with the captured carroccio (later sent to the commune of Rome), and an elephant. During the winter campaign, Frederick captures the Piedmontese cities of Lodi, Novara, Vercelli, Chieri, and Savona.source
  • 1308Henry VII Count of Luxemburg, is elected the new Holy Roman Emperor at Frankfurt. The election comes with the support of his brother Baldwin, Archbishop of Trier, who wins over most of the electors, in exchange for some substantial concessions. The only elector who does not support Henry of Luxemburg is Henry of Bohemia.source
  • 1308On the same day, Hungarian nobles formally elect the 20-year-old Charles Robert of Salerno as King of Hungary and Croatia in the Hungarian city of Pest (now part of Budapest). He becomes Charles I, but his rule remains nominal in most parts of the realm after he is crowned.source
  • 1321In northern Italy, Rinaldo dei Bonacolsi, Duke of Mantua, begins the siege of Mirandola against Francesco I Pico, Duke of Mirandola. Bonaclsi has Pico and his sons Francesco and Tommasino arrested and imprisoned in the Castel d'Ario. A siege of the castle begins the next day and lasts 33 days.source
  • 1382After a five-year revolt, Barquq deposes Hajji II as Mamluk Sultan of Egypt, marking the end of the Bahri Dynasty and Qalawunid Dynasty, and the start of the Burji Dynasty.source
  • 1382Battle of Roosebeke: A French army under Louis II, Count of Flanders defeats the Flemings, led by Philip van Artevelde.source
  • 1396Antoniotto I Adorno, Doge of the Republic of Genoa, voluntarily steps down and turns control of the republic over to France's King Charles VI. King Charles then appoints Adorno as the governor of French-ruled Genoa.source
  • 1430King Henry VI summons members of Parliament to assemble on January 12.source
  • 1438Following approval by the General Council of Scotland, regents for King James II of Scotland give royal assent to the Inquisitions in Last Reign Act, providing for the continuation of any inquisition by the Roman Catholic Church for heresy that had been started prior to the assassination of King James I.source
  • 1461An earthquake estimated later at 6.4 magnitude occurs at L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of the Kingdom of Naples and kills more than 80 people.source
  • 1463Skanderbeg declares war on the Ottoman Empire and attacks its troops near Ohrid.source
  • 1469King James III gives royal assent to numerous acts passed by the Parliament of Scotland.source
  • 1496Led by Prince Prataparudra Deva, son of the Emperor Purushottama Deva, the Gajapati Empire (now India's state of Odisha) invades the Vijayanagara Empire (now the Karnataka state) and its armies advance as far as the Penna River, where they are stopped by a force commanded by the Vijayanagara sultan Tuluva Narasa Nayaka, and are turned back.source
  • 1537Alfonso d'Avalos, the Marquis of Vasto in Italy, enters into a three-month truce with the French Duke of Montmorency to negotiate a peace for which areas would be under French control.source
  • 1568Burmese–Siamese War: Dispatched by King Bayinnaung, 55,000 Burmese troops arrive at Phitsanulok (in modern-day Thailand) and drive back the attack by armies from the Ayutthaya Kingdom (Thailand) and Lan Xang (Laos), then prepare to invade Ayutthaya to put down the rebellion by Ayutthayan King Maha Chakkraphatsource
  • 1585A 6.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, and serves a foreshock and a trigger to a deadly 7.9 magnitude earthquake on January 18 that will kill 8,000 people.source
  • 1591In Italy, Giovanni Giustiniani Campi is elected as the new Doge of the Republic of Genoa after a 12-day search for a successor to Battista Negrone.source
  • 1593Antonio Grimaldi Cebà begins a two-year term as the new Doge of the Republic of Genoa, succeeding Giovanni Giustiniani Campi.source
  • 1642Hong Taiji (known in the West as Abatai) begins a 60-day march of Manchu warriors southwards from the Great Wall through Ming Chinese provinces of Zhili and Shandong, before returning northward on January 27. (Two years later Beijing falls to rebels, the Chongzhen Emperor commits suicide, and the Shunzhi Emperor becomes the first Qing Emperor to rule over China proper.)source
  • 1676A fire in Boston, Massachusetts, is accidentally set by a careless and sleepy apprentice, who drops a lighted candle, or leaves it too near some combustible substance; this is the largest fire known at this time in the district. The Rev. Increase Mather’s church, dwelling and a portion of his personal library are destroyed.source
  • 1679A fire in Boston, Massachusetts, burns all of the warehouses, 80 houses, and all of the ships in the dockyards.source
  • 1679The Duke of Monmouth returns (without royal permission) from exile and is greeted in London by widespread celebration from those who consider him a potential Protestant heir to the throne.source
  • 1704Annular solar eclipse is visible through Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, eastern China, Myanmar and northern Philippines.source
  • 1719The Saint-Joseph, from Ostend, sets sail from Canton laden with tea, porcelain, silk, and Chinese roots.source
  • 1722A consortium is granted royal permission to establish Store Kongensgade Faience Manufactury in Copenhagen.source
  • 1722Jacobite barrister Christopher Layer is sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered for his part in the Atterbury Plot.source
  • 1727The foundation stone of the Jerusalem's Church in Berlin is laid.source
  • 1766A British sloop-of-war is searching all vessels passing near Cape Lookout, North Carolina, and some vessels have been seized, according to an observer in New York City, in the Province of New York, reporting to the Pennsylvania Gazette.source
  • 1766an observer in New York City reports to the Pennsylvania Gazette that a British sloop of war is searching all vessels passing near Cape Lookout, North Carolina, and that some vessels have been seized.source
  • 1767Oconostota and Attakullakulla, Chiefs of the Cherokee people in the Carolinas, depart from Charleston, South Carolina on a ship voyage to New York City, where they are welcomed by British colonial officials as a prelude to negotiations with Britain's Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Sir William Johnson.source
  • 1774Spanish Navy Captain Domingo de Bonechea arrives at Tahiti in the ship Aguila and tries unsuccessfully to claim it for Spain and to convert the Tahitians to the Roman Catholic faith.source
  • 1774The Order of the Chain is founded in Copenhagen.source
  • 1783English rector John Michell concludes that some stars might have enough gravity force to prevent light escaping from them, so he calls them "dark stars".source
  • 1783English rector John Michell concludes that some stars might have enough gravity force to prevent light escaping from them, so he calls them "dark stars".source
  • 1784The phenomenon of black holes is first posited in a paper by John Michell, in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.source
  • 1790U.S. President George Washington and his wife, Martha Washington, arrive in the new temporary U.S. capital, Philadelphia, and take up residence at the President's House located at 524 Market Street.source
  • 1800Walter Scott's first original poems, "Glenfinlas" and "The Eve of St. John", are published.source
  • 1805HMS Buffalo arrives at Port Jackson. Governor King is impressed by Te Pahi, whom he mentions to Joseph Banks, and makes plans to visit New Zealand. These plans are cancelled when King receives news that he is to be relieved as Governor by William Bligh. Te Pahi also visits Samuel Marsden at Parramatta and is sufficiently taken with the farm and various other aspects of European culture to want to bring them to New Zealand. Marsden in turn is also impressed by the Maori and passes this on to the Church Missionary Society. (see 1806)source
  • 1815The Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland is signed, creating Congress Poland, a constitutional monarchy in personal union with the Russian Empire, under terms agreed at the Congress of Vienna.source
  • 1822Outside Newgate Prison in London, William Reading becomes the last person to be hanged for shoplifting.source
  • 1825Population Census: Norway had 1,051,318 inhabitants.source
  • 1835Two London men, James Pratt and John Smith, are hanged in front of Newgate Prison in London, after a conviction of buggery. They are the last to suffer capital punishment for homosexual acts in England.source
  • 1835Two men, James Pratt and John Smith, are hanged in front of Newgate Prison in London after a conviction of buggery. They are the last to suffer capital punishment for homosexual acts in England.source
  • 1838Pastry War: Mexico is invaded by French forces.source
  • 1839The American Statistical Association is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.source
  • 1841The execution of a national census was ordered.source
  • 1851November 26–27 – Morocco: French naval forces bombard the Moroccan city of Salé, in retaliation for looting of a French cargo ship.source
  • 1852A magnitude 7.5 to 8.8 earthquake strikes near the Banda Islands, Dutch East Indies, triggering a deadly tsunami.source
  • 1855Christian Winther publishes Hjortens Flugt. Et Digt.source
  • 1856The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution, as King-Grand Duke William III signs the new constitution without the Chamber of Deputies' consent.source
  • 1868American Indian Wars – Battle of Washita River: In the early morning, United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on a band of Cheyenne living on reservation land with Chief Black Kettle, killing 103 Cheyenne.source
  • 1868Indian Wars – Battle of Washita River: In the early morning, United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on a band of Cheyenne living on reservation land with Chief Black Kettle, killing 103 Cheyenne.source
  • 1872A meteor shower display of Andromedids is seen over France.source
  • 1872Meteor shower display over France.source
  • 1880Rev. Richard Enraght is imprisoned for 49 days in Warwick Prison and deprived of his parish in Birmingham as a result of proceedings under the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874.source
  • 1882The Peltzer Case comes to trial before the Brussels Court of assizes.source
  • 1885November 14–28 – Serbo-Bulgarian War: Serbia declares war against Bulgaria, but is defeated in the Battle of Slivnitsa on November 17–19.source
  • 1885St. Helena Anti-Chinese League is formed in Napa County, California.source
  • 1888International sorority Delta Delta Delta is founded at Boston University in the United States.source
  • 1889Clemson University is founded in Clemson, South Carolina.source
  • 1895At the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after his death.source
  • 1896Richard Strauss's orchestral tone poem Also sprach Zarathustra is first performed, in Frankfurt, conducted by the composer.source
  • 1912Spanish protectorate in Morocco: By a treaty with France, Spain is granted a zone of influence in northern and southern Morocco.source
  • 1913South American dreadnought race: The Chilean battleship Almirante Latorre is launched.source
  • 1913Iván Skerlecz proclaimed Ban and called for parliamentary elections.source
  • 1926The restoration of Colonial Williamsburg begins in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States.source
  • 1932The Second Eastern Women's Congress opens in Tehran, Iran.source
  • 1934Daniel Salamanca Urey, President of Bolivia, is deposed in a military coup, and replaced by José Luis Tejada Sorzano.source
  • 1940November 26–27 – Jilava Massacre: In Romania, coup leader General Ion Antonescu's Iron Guard arrests and executes over 60 of exiled King Carol II of Romania's aides, starting at a penitentiary near Bucharest. Among the dead is former minister and acclaimed historian Nicolae Iorga.source
  • 1940WWII: Battle of Cape Spartivento: The British Royal Navy and Italian Regia Marina battle to a draw.source
  • 1941A group of young men stop traffic on U.S. Highway 99 south of Yreka, California, handing out fliers proclaiming the establishment of the State of Jefferson.source
  • 1943The 1943 Tosya–Ladik earthquake in Turkey kills thousands.source
  • 1945Akiva Eldar, Israeli journalistsource
  • 1946Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeals to the United States and the Soviet Union to end nuclear testing and start nuclear disarmament, stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster."source
  • 1947In Paris, France, police occupy the editorial offices of the communist newspapers.source
  • 1948The Calgary Stampeders defeat the Ottawa Rough Riders 12–7 before 20,013 fans at Toronto's Varsity Stadium, to win their first Grey Cup and complete the only perfect season to date in Canadian football.source
  • 1955A rally is held in Kuala Lumpur to urge CPM members to surrender and end the Malayan Emergency.source
  • 1955Fred Phelps establishes the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas.source
  • 1965Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned major sweep operations to neutralize Viet Cong forces during the next year are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam will have to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.source
  • 1965Singapore's first underground carpark is officially opened in Raffles Place, with a public garden built on top.source
  • 1967The Beatles release Magical Mystery Tour in the U.S. as a full album. The songs added to the original six songs on the double EP include "All You Need Is Love", "Penny Lane", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Baby, You're a Rich Man" and "Hello, Goodbye". Release as a double EP will not take place in the UK until December.source
  • 1970November 27–29 – Papal visit of Pope Paul VI, the country's first. Upon his arrival at Manila International Airport, he survived an assassination attempt by a Bolivian painter, Benjamin Mendoza (a knife-wielding assailant dressed as a priest).source
  • 1973The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States.source
  • 1976The opening of Hsinchu CKS Baseball Stadium in North District, Hsinchu City.source
  • 1982Yasuhiro Nakasone becomes Prime Minister of Japan.source
  • 1983Colombian Avianca Flight 011 crashes near Barajas Airport in Madrid, Spain, killing 181 of the 192 on board.source
  • 1986Kuwait Stock Exchange inaugurated the main trading hall.source
  • 1989Colombian domestic passenger flight Avianca Flight 203 is bombed by the Medellín drug cartel in an (unsuccessful) attempt to kill presidential candidate for the 1990 elections César Gaviria Trujillo. All 107 people on board as well as three people on the ground are killed.source
  • 1990Censorship is imposed on the newspapers enabling strict monitoring; newspaper owners and journalists decided not to publish newspapers from the very next day. Ershad declares state of emergency, curfew imposed.source
  • 1991The US, UK and France call on the Libyan government to surrender the suspects for trial.source
  • 1994A Fuxin Yiyuan dance hall catches fire in Liaoning Province, China, killing 233 persons, with another 71 rescued, according to a confirmed Chinese government official report.source
  • 1997NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission is launched, the start of the satellite component of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System.source
  • 1999The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand Government, with leader Helen Clark becoming the second female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.source
  • 2001A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet HD 209458 b, nicknamed Osiris, by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.source
  • 20032003 Mnet Asian Music Awardssource
  • 20052005 Mnet Asian Music Awardssource
  • 2008November 26–29 – 2008 Mumbai attacks: Ten terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based terror group, carry out four days of coordinated bombing and shooting attacks across Mumbai, killing 166 people. One terrorist, Ajmal Kasab, was captured alive and executed in 2012.source
  • 2012November 25–December 9 – Typhoon Bopha, known as "Pablo" in the Philippines, kills at least 1,067 with around 838 people missing. The typhoon causes considerable damage in the island of Mindanao.source
  • 2014Several politicians, including the prime minister Mizengo Pinda, Housing Minister Anna Tibaijuka and Attorney General Frederick Werema, were exposed to be involved in the Tegeta Escrow Scandal. Tibaijuka and Werema later left their positions due to the scandal.source
  • 2017Start of the Honduran protests.source
  • 2018Kerch Strait incident: Ukraine declares martial law after an armed incident in which the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) coast guard fired upon and captured three Ukrainian Navy vessels attempting to pass from the Black Sea into the Sea of Azov through the Kerch Strait.source
  • 2018According to Matthew was released in Sri Lanka and Australia.source
  • 2023After forming a coalition Government with the right-wing ACT and New Zealand First parties, Christopher Luxon is sworn in as the 42nd Prime Minister of New Zealand. The new administration opposes policies promoting Māori culture and addressing inequity between Māori and non-Māori, which leads to allegations of inflaming racial tensions.source
  • 2025November 27–30 – An ecumenical meeting of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Catholic Church at Nicaea is held to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea.source

Births

  • 1127Emperor Xiaozong of Song, Chinese emperor (died 1194)source
  • 1380King Ferdinand I of Aragon (died 1416)source
  • 1422Gaston IV, Count of Foix, French nobleman from Bearn (died 1472)source
  • 1514Peter Carew, English adventurer in Ireland (born 1514?)source
  • 1548Jacopo Mazzoni, Italian philosopher (died 1598)source
  • 1558Mingyi Swa, Crown Prince of Burma (died 1593)source
  • 1635Madame de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (died 1719)source
  • 1640Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (died 1709)source
  • 1668Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France (died 1751)source
  • 1701Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer (died 1744)source
  • 1703James De Lancey, colonial governor of the province of New York (died 1760)source
  • 1746Robert R. Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (died 1813)source
  • 1762Sir Samuel Hood, 1st Baronet, British admiral (died 1814)source
  • 1843Fazlullah Nouri, Iranian Shi'a theologian.source
  • 1851Friedrich Sixt von Armin, German general (died 1936)source
  • 1874Chaim Weizmann, 1st president of Israel (died 1952)source
  • 1921Alexander Dubček, Slovak politician, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (died 1992)source
  • 1940Bruce Lee, Chinese-American martial artist, actor (died 1973)source
  • 1942Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist (died 1970)source
  • 1953Steve Bannon, American political figuresource
  • 1958Paul Gosar, American politician and dentistsource
  • 1960Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2005 and 2007–2010source
  • 1996Felix Kashweka, journalist and publicistsource

Deaths

  • 8 BCEHorace, Roman lyric poet and writer (born 65 BC)source
  • 395Rufinus, Praetorian prefect of the East, is murdered by Gothic mercenaries under Gainas.source
  • 395Rufinus, Roman consul and politiciansource
  • 450Galla Placidia, Roman Empress (born 392)source
  • 511King Clovis I dies at Paris (Lutetia) at age 45, and is buried in the Abbey of St. Genevieve. The Merovingian dynasty is continued by his four sons (Theuderic I, Chlodomer, Childebert I and Chlothar I), who divide the Frankish Kingdom and rule from the capitals at Metz, Orléans, Paris and Soissons, respectively.source
  • 511Clovis I, king of the Frankssource
  • 602Maurice, Byzantine emperor (born 539)source
  • 639Acarius, bishop of Doornik and Noyonsource
  • 1026Adalbold II, bishop of Utrechtsource
  • 1067Sancha of León, queen of Leónsource
  • 1077Landulf VI, prince of Beneventosource
  • 1198Abraham ben David, French rabbi (born 1125)source
  • 1198Constance I, queen regent of Sicily (born 1154)source
  • 1233Shi Miyuan, Chinese politician (born 1164)source
  • 1245Walter Marshal, English nobleman (born 1209)source
  • 1252Blanche of Castile, queen of Louis VIII of France and regent of France (born 1188)source
  • 1261Athanasius III of Alexandria, Egyptian popesource
  • 1283John of Montfort, Lord of Tyre, Outremer nobleman and knightsource
  • 1346Saint Gregory of Sinai (born c. 1260)source
  • 1474Guillaume Dufay, Flemish composer (born 1397)source
  • 1542Palace plot of Renyin year: A group of Ming dynasty palace women fail to murder the Jiajing Emperor, and are executed by slow-slicing.source
  • 154227 November 1542 - David Lindsay, 8th Earl of Crawfordsource
  • 1553Şehzade Cihangir, Ottoman prince (born 1531)source
  • 1570Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (born 1486)source
  • 1575Sir Peter Carew, English adventurer in Ireland (born 1514?)source
  • 1640Gabriel Gustafsson Oxenstierna, politician (born 1587)source
  • 1680November 27 or November 28 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (born 1602)source
  • 1754Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (born 1667)source
  • 1852Augusta Ada King (née Byron), Countess of Lovelace, early English computer pioneer (born 1815)source
  • 1872Agustín Morales (shot and killed by nephew Frederico Lafaye)source
  • 1888Wilhelm Hertenstein, politician (born 1825)source
  • 1940Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (assassinated) (born 1871)source
  • 1978Moscone-Milk assassinations: San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by disgruntled former Supervisor Dan White.source
  • 1978Harvey Milk, American politician and activist (born 1930)source
  • 2008XL Airways Germany Flight 888T. An Airbus A320 due to be redelivered to Air New Zealand stalls and crashes over Mediterranean Sea resulting the deaths of 7source
  • 2020Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, is assassinated near Tehran.source