On This Day in History for January 27
Events in History
- 98 Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva.
- 661 The 4th Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, Ali ibn Abu Talib is struck on the head while praying at the Great Mosque of Kufa, Mesopotamia by a poison-coated sword wielded by Ibn Muljam a Kharijite, dies two days later
- 672 St Vitalian ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 847 Sergius II ends his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1142 Wrongful execution of noted Song Dynasty General Yue Fei
- 1302 Dante becomes a Florentine political exile
- 1343 Pope Clement VI issues the Bull Unigenitus
- 1538 States of Gelderland accepts Willem van Kleef as viceroy
- More Events in History
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Lewis Carroll
Edward Smith
Samuel Gompers
Wilhelm II
Samuel C. C. TingWeddings in History
- 1186 Henry VI, the son and heir of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, weds Constance of Sicily
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Nerva
Samuel Hood
Nellie Bly
Suharto
J. D. Salinger
Ingvar KampradJanuary in History
'I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman'
One of the most notorious denials in political history came on this day when President Bill Clinton held a news conference on his relations with Monica Lewinsky.
January 26, 1998
Crippled Kaiser Had Grip of Iron
German Emperor 'Kaiser Bill,' was born on this day, strong-willed and determined to overcome the deformity that afflicted him from birth.
January 27, 1859
Apollo 1 Fire
The command module of Apollo 1 the day after the fatal fire that killed 3 astronauts
January 27, 1967
Riot Leader Accuses a Queen
How did Lord George Gordon, an aristocrat who led the Gordon Riots in London, lose a libel case on this day to French Queen Marie Antoinette?
January 28, 1788