This Day in History
Today: June 27, 2026
1358
The Republic of Ragusa is founded.
1497
Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.
1499
Amerigo Vespucci sights what is now Amapá State in Brazil.[1]
1556
The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
1743
In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
1760
Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
1806
British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate.
1844
Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
1864
American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign.
1895
The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
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