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27 June

On This Day: 27 June

The Republic of Ragusa (centred on Dubrovnik) is founded Click to show or hide the answer
Henry VI's forces under Stafford are defeated at Sevenoaks by Jack Cade Click to show or hide the answer
Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn Click to show or hide the answer
The thirteen Stratford Martyrs (eleven men and two women) are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs Click to show or hide the answer
The Ladies' Mercury – the first women's magazine – first issued Click to show or hide the answer
Battle of Dettingen: the Pragmatic Army (British, Hanoverians and Hessians) under George II, defeat the French; George is the last reigning British monarch to take part in a battle Click to show or hide the answer
Bonnie Prince Charlie escapes to Skye, disguised as a maid Click to show or hide the answer
General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec Click to show or hide the answer
The Liberty Bell is returned to Philadelphia, after being hidden from the British for a year Click to show or hide the answer
Edward Gibbon completes his monumental work The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Click to show or hide the answer
During the Napoleonic Wars, British forces take Buenos Aires (as part of a series of unsuccessful attempts to seize control of areas in the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata) Click to show or hide the answer
Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormon Church, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are murdered in prison in Carthage, Illinois Click to show or hide the answer
Japan introduces a new system of currency, based on the yen Click to show or hide the answer
Joshua Slocum completes the first solo circumnavigation, in 3 years 64 days, at Briar Island, Nova Scotia Click to show or hide the answer
The Central London Electric Railway (Shepherd's Bush to Bank) opens Click to show or hide the answer
USA pays $40,000 to France for the rights to the Panama Canal Click to show or hide the answer
Mutiny erupts on board the Russian battleship Potemkin Click to show or hide the answer
The first Grand Prix takes place at Le Mans Click to show or hide the answer
Bell Laboratories in New York gives the first demonstration of colour television Click to show or hide the answer
Pan–Am inaugurates the first scheduled transatlantic air service – on a 19–seater flying boat Click to show or hide the answer
In the city of Iași, Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews Click to show or hide the answer
As part of their invasion of Russia (Operation Barbarossa), German troops capture the city of Białystok Click to show or hide the answer
President Truman orders the US Army and Navy to Korea Click to show or hide the answer
The world's first nuclear power station opens at Obninsk, 55 miles from Moscow Click to show or hide the answer
Battle of Berne: referee Arthur Ellis (of England) sends off three players as Hungary beat Brazil 4–2 in the FIFA World Cup quarter–finals Click to show or hide the answer
Over 400 people lose their lives, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana, when Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border Click to show or hide the answer
Arthur Michael Ramsay is enthroned as the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury Click to show or hide the answer
Barclays Bank installs the first cash dispenser at Enfield – unveiled by Reg Varney, star of TV's On the Buses Click to show or hide the answer
Bill Graham's Fillmore East, a major New York rock venue, closes after only three years in business Click to show or hide the answer
Juan María Bordaberry, President of Uruguay, dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship Click to show or hide the answer
US President Richard Nixon visits China Click to show or hide the answer
A French airbus with 216 passengers, flying from Athens, is hi–jacked by six members of the PLO and forced to fly to Entebbe, Kampala Click to show or hide the answer
Djibouti is proclaimed an independent republic Click to show or hide the answer
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China lays the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong Click to show or hide the answer
The space shuttle Columbia is launched from Kennedy Space Center on its fourth and final test flight Click to show or hide the answer
Miners and supporting trade unionists march through London Click to show or hide the answer
Fifty–six people lose their lives, and sixty are injured, when an SNCF commuter train headed inbound to Paris's Gare de Lyon terminal crashes into a stationary outbound train Click to show or hide the answer
Britons Dave Hurst and Alan Matthews are the first blind people to reach the summit of Mont Blanc Click to show or hide the answer
NASA announces that the Hubble space telescope, launched in April, has a serious design fault Click to show or hide the answer
Slovenia is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, two days after declaring independence – starting the Ten–Day War Click to show or hide the answer
Seven people lose their lives, and 660 are injured, when members of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo release sarin gas in the city of Matsumoto Click to show or hide the answer
Actor Hugh Grant is charged with committing a lewd act with prostitute Divine Brown Click to show or hide the answer
President Chirac of France alarms Tony Blair by calling for a "two–speed Europe" Click to show or hide the answer
Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister following the resignation of Tony Blair Click to show or hide the answer
In a highly–scrutinised election, Robert Mugabe is re–elected by a landslide as President of Zimbabwe; his opponent Morgan Tsvangirai had withdrawn a week earlier, citing violence against his party's supporters Click to show or hide the answer
Computer systems around the world are swamped by a series of cyberattacks using the Petya malware. Eighty percent of them are in Ukraine, where authorities blame Russian agents Click to show or hide the answer

© Haydn Thompson 2019