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
Charles Rolls
Lyndon B. JohnsonWeddings 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
John Laurens
Louis Botha
W.E.B. Du Bois
Le Corbusier
Haile Selassie
Lord MountbattenAugust 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, 1883
Horse 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, 1830
1st Photograph of a Tornado
One of the 1st known photographs of a tornado, taken in 1884 by F.N. Robinson
August 28, 1884
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Civil rights leaders link arms in front of marchers on Constitution Avenue
August 28, 1963