On This Day in History for October 27
Events in History
- 312 Roman Emperor Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross
- 625 Honorius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 710 Saracen invasion of Sardinia
- 939 Edmund I succeeds Athelstan as King of England
- 1275 Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam
- 1507 Portuguese admiral Afonso de Albuquerque captures the Persian fortress of Ormuz on Hormuz Island
- 1523 English troops occupy Montalidier, France
- 1553 Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva
- More Events in History
Theodore Roosevelt
Owen D. Young
Oliver Tambo
H. R. Haldeman
Sylvia Plath
John GottiWeddings in History
- 1880 Theodore Roosevelt, later 26th US President marries Alice Hathaway Lee, on his 22nd birthday
More Weddings in History
Ivan the Great
AkbarOctober in History
The Gunfight at OK Corral
Said to have lasted just 30 seconds, the gunfight at OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, is remembered as one of the great shootouts in the annals of the Wild West
October 26, 1881
The Man Who Saved The World
Many people think John F. Kennedy saved the world with his handling of the Cuban missile crisis. But an unknown Russian sailor also played a dramatic role.
October 27, 1962
Vision of the Cross
Roman Emperor Constantine as depicted by Raphael having his Vision of the Cross on October 27, 312
October 27, 312 AD
Faraday, the Blacksmith's Boy Who Changed the World
On this day, Michael Faraday, known to science as the Father of Electricity, demonstrated his dynamo invention. It was to have huge, far-reaching consequences.
October 28, 1831