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February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 307 days remaining, 308 in leap years.

Events

1500-1899

1560 - The Treaty of Berhick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland

1594 - Henry IV is crowned King of France.

1617 - Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea

1700 - The island of New Britain is discovered.

1793 - The Giles resolutions are introduced to the United States House of Representatives asking the House to condemn Alexander Hamilton's handling of loans.

1801 - Washington, DC is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.

1812 - Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.

1827 - The first Mardi Gras is celebrated in New Orleans, Louisiana.

1844 - The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.

1861 - A crowd in Warsaw protesting Russian rule over Poland is fired upon by Russian troops killing five protesters.

1864 - American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.

1900-1949

1900 - Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje.

1900 - The British Labour Party is founded

1922 - A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States.

1933 - Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire.

1939 - American Civil Rights Movement: Sit-down strikes are outlawed by the Supreme Court of the United States.

1942 - World War II: the USS Langley, the first United States aircraft carrier, is sunk by Japanese warplanes.

1950-1999

1951 - The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.

1964 - The government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.

1967 - Dominica gains independence from the United Kingdom.

1973 - The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota.

1974 - People magazine is published for the first time.

1976 - Western Sahara declares independence

1986 - The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.

1990 - Exxon Valdez oil spill: Exxon and its shipping company are indicted on five criminal counts.

1991 - Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated."

1996 - Pokémon game debuts for Nintendo Game Boy

1999 - While trying to circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon, Colin Prescot and Andy Elson set a new endurance record after being in a hot air balloon for 233 hours and 55 minutes.

1999 - Olusegun Obasanjo becomes Nigeria's first elected president since mid-1983.

2000-2099

2002- Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire in London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.

2002 - 2002 Gujarat violence: a caught fire a few minutes after it left the Godhra railway station, killing an estimated 58 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya, triggering riots that led to the death of 1000 people, mostly Muslims.

2003 - Rowan Williams is enthroned as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in the Anglican church.