On This Day in History for August 27
Events in History
- 479 BC Greco-Persian Wars: Battle of Mycale won by Greek forces over Persian naval troops on Ionian coast, double victory with that at Plataea ends Persian invasion
- 479 BC Greco-Persian Wars: Battle of Plataea, Persian forces led by Mardonius routed by Greek army under Pausanias; together with Greek success at Battle of Mycale halts Persian invasion of Greece
- 663 Battle of Baekgang: Tang Chinese and Silla Korean forces defeat Korean Baekje forces and their Yamato Japanese allies on the Geum River in Korea. Last Japanese invasion of Korea for 900 years.
- 1232 The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
- 1549 Battle of Dussindale: John Dudley Earl of Warwick destroys Robert Kett's army, ending Kett's rebellion in Norfolk, England
- 1556 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V abdicates in favor of his brother Ferdinand I
- 1569 Pope Pius names Cosimo I de Medici as grand duke of Tuscany
- 1585 Duke of Parma's troops occupy Antwerp
- More Events in History
Weddings in History
- 1930 Journalist H. L. Mencken (49) weds author Sara Haardt (32) at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
- 1966 American law student, and future politician, Joe Biden of Delaware (21) weds fellow Syracuse University student, and future teacher, Neilia Hunter (22) of Skaneateles, New York, at a Catholic church in Skaneateles
- 2011 British heiress Petra Ecclestone (22) weds entrepreneur James Stunt at Orsini Odescalchi Castle near City of Rome
More Weddings & Divorces in History
August in History
Krakatoa: The World’s Mightiest Explosion
The world’s biggest-ever explosion – 13,000 times greater than the Hiroshima bomb – happened on this day as eruptions of the Krakatoa volcano reached a climax
August 27, 1883Horse in Race Against a Train
Early trains were pulled by horses along special tracks. Then an American inventor built a steam locomotive and proved its worth by racing it against a horse.
August 28, 18301st Photograph of a Tornado
One of the 1st known photographs of a tornado, taken in 1884 by F.N. Robinson
August 28, 1884March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Civil rights leaders link arms in front of marchers on Constitution Avenue
August 28, 1963