33 BC – Lucius Marcius Philippus, step-brother to the future emperor Augustus, celebrates a triumph for his victories while serving as governor in one of the provinces of Hispania.
395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of the more powerful Roman empresses of Late Antiquity.
629 – Shahrbaraz is crowned as king of the Sasanian Empire.
711 – Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
1296 – First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.
1509 – Pope Julius II places the Italian state of Venice under interdict.
1521 – Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.
1522 – Combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeat a French and Venetian army at the Battle of Bicocca.
1539 – Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.
1565 – Cebu is established becoming the first Spanish settlement in the Philippines.
1578 – Duel of the Mignons claims the lives of two favourites of Henry III of France and two favorites of Henry I, Duke of Guise.
1595 – The relics of Saint Sava are incinerated in Belgrade by the Ottomans, where today the largest Orthodox church building in the world stands
1650 – The Battle of Carbisdale: A Royalist army from Orkney invades mainland Scotland but is defeated by a Covenanter army.
1667 – The blind and impoverished John Milton sells the publication rights of Paradise Lost to Samuel Simmons. Milton was to receive £5 from Simmons immediately, and a further £5 once 1,300 copies of the poem had been sold.
1749 – First performance of George Frideric Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks in Green Park, London.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
1805 – First Barbary War: United States Marines and Berbers attack the Tripolitan city of Derna (The "shores of Tripoli" part of the Marines' hymn).
1810 – Beethoven composes Für Elise.
1813 – War of 1812: Battle of York: American troops defeat the British garrison in York (present-day Toronto), the capital of the province of Upper Canada (present-day Ontario) before withdrawing.
1840 – Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, is laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.
1861 – President Abraham Lincoln unilaterally suspends the constitutional right of habeas corpus, or the right to appeal an unlawful arrest, in Maryland. A Supreme Court ruling against the decision would be ignored, and critics would be arrested.
1861 – President Abraham Lincoln unilaterally suspends the constitutional right of habeas corpus, or the right to appeal an unlawful arrest, in Maryland. A Supreme Court ruling against the decision would be ignored, and critics would be arrested.
1861 – After Virginia secedes from the Union, West Virginia secedes from Virginia.
1865 – The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
1865 – The steamboat SS Sultana, carrying 2,400 passengers, explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River, killing 1,700, most of whom are Union survivors of the Andersonville and Cahaba Prisons.
1904 – The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson.
1906 – The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
1909 – Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
1911 – Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
1914 – Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1927 – Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmery) are created.
1936 – The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
1941 – World War II: German troops enter Athens.
1941 – World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as "National Democrats") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People.
1945 – World War II: German troops are finally expelled from Finnish Lapland.
1945 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
1947 – Babe Ruth Day is celebrated at Yankee Stadium and throughout the country.
1950 – Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
1953 – Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
1960 – Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
1961 – Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
1967 – Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
1974 – Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon
1977 – Twenty-eight people are killed in the Guatemala City air disaster.
1978 – Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
1982 – The trial of John Hinckley begins for the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.
1986 – The City of Prypiat as well as the surrounding areas are evacuated due to Chernobyl Disaster
1987 – The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
1989 – The April 27 Demonstration,a student-led protest responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
1865 – The steamboat SS Sultana, carrying 2,400 passengers, explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River, killing 1,700, most of whom are Union survivors of the Andersonville and Cahaba Prisons.
1904 – The Australian Labor Party becomes the first such party to gain national government, under Chris Watson.
1906 – The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
1909 – Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
1911 – Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.
1914 – Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1927 – Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmery) are created.
1936 – The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
1941 – World War II: German troops enter Athens.
1941 – World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as "National Democrats") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People.
1945 – World War II: German troops are finally expelled from Finnish Lapland.
1945 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.
1947 – Babe Ruth Day is celebrated at Yankee Stadium and throughout the country.
1950 – Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
1953 – Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
1960 – Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
1961 – Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
1967 – Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
1974 – Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon
1977 – Twenty-eight people are killed in the Guatemala City air disaster.
1978 – Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.
1982 – The trial of John Hinckley begins for the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.
1986 – The City of Prypiat as well as the surrounding areas are evacuated due to Chernobyl Disaster
1987 – The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
1989 – The April 27 Demonstration,a student-led protest responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
1992 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
1992 – Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
1992 – The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
1993 – All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
1994 – South African general election, 1994: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
1996 – The 1996 Lebanon war ends.
2002 – The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10.
2005 – The superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France.
2005 – An accident involving a bus and a train occurs on a level crossing in Polgahawela, Sri Lanka. More than 35 people on the bus were killed.
2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
2007 – Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
2011 – The April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. 205 tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
2012 – At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
2014 – Popes John XXIII and John Paul II are declared saints in the first papal canonization since 1954.
2014 – A tornado outbreak over much of the eastern United States kills more than 45 people.
1992 – Betty Boothroyd becomes the first woman to be elected Speaker of the British House of Commons in its 700-year history.
1992 – The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
1993 – All members of the Zambia national football team lose their lives in a plane crash off Libreville, Gabon en route to Dakar, Senegal to play a 1994 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Senegal.
1994 – South African general election, 1994: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
1996 – The 1996 Lebanon war ends.
2002 – The last successful telemetry from the NASA space probe Pioneer 10.
2005 – The superjumbo jet aircraft Airbus A380 makes its first flight from Toulouse, France.
2005 – An accident involving a bus and a train occurs on a level crossing in Polgahawela, Sri Lanka. More than 35 people on the bus were killed.
2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower (later renamed One World Trade Center) in New York City.
2007 – Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
2011 – The April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak devastates parts of the Southeastern United States, especially the states of Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee. 205 tornadoes touched down on April 27 alone, killing more than 300 and injuring hundreds more.
2012 – At least four explosions hit the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk with at least 27 people injured.
2014 – Popes John XXIII and John Paul II are declared saints in the first papal canonization since 1954.
2014 – A tornado outbreak over much of the eastern United States kills more than 45 people.
Saints' Days and Holy Days
Traditional Western
Egbert, Confessor. Semi-double.
Commemoration of the Octave of St. George.
Contemporary Western
Liberalis of Treviso
Rafael Arnáiz Barón
Virgin of Montserrat
Zita
Rafael Arnáiz Barón
Virgin of Montserrat
Zita
Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran
Eastern Orthodox
Saints
Saint Symeon the Kinsman of the Lord, Apostle of the Seventy and Hieromartyr (107)
Martyr Anthimus of Nicomedia, Bishop (303)
Martyr Poplionus (Poplion, Popllon)
Martyr Lollionus the New (Longinus the New)
Saint Pollion the Reader (Pollio), of Cibalis in Pannonia, burnt alive under Diocletian (306)
Saint Eulogius the Hospitable of Constantinople (6th c.)
Saint Nicon, abbot of the Monastery of St. Gerasimus (6th c.)
Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger of Cilicia (597), and his brother George
Saint John of Cathares, abbot of Cathares Monastery at Constantinople (839)
Martyr Anthimus of Nicomedia, Bishop (303)
Martyr Poplionus (Poplion, Popllon)
Martyr Lollionus the New (Longinus the New)
Saint Pollion the Reader (Pollio), of Cibalis in Pannonia, burnt alive under Diocletian (306)
Saint Eulogius the Hospitable of Constantinople (6th c.)
Saint Nicon, abbot of the Monastery of St. Gerasimus (6th c.)
Saint Simeon Stylites the Younger of Cilicia (597), and his brother George
Saint John of Cathares, abbot of Cathares Monastery at Constantinople (839)
Pre-Schism Western Saints
Saint Liberalis of Treviso, priest from the area near Ancona in Italy who worked
for the conversion of the Arians and suffered much at their hands (400)
Saint Theophilus, Bishop of Brescia (427)
Saint Maughold, Bishop of the Isle of Man (c. 488)
Saint Assicus (Ascicus, Tassach), first bishop of Elphin, Ireland,
converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick (490)
Saint Tertullian, eighth Bishop of Bologna in Italy (490)
Saint Enoder (Cynidr, Kenedr, Quidic) (6th c.)
Saint Winewald, Abbot of Beverley in England (c. 731)
Saint Floribert of Liège (746)
for the conversion of the Arians and suffered much at their hands (400)
Saint Theophilus, Bishop of Brescia (427)
Saint Maughold, Bishop of the Isle of Man (c. 488)
Saint Assicus (Ascicus, Tassach), first bishop of Elphin, Ireland,
converted to Christianity by Saint Patrick (490)
Saint Tertullian, eighth Bishop of Bologna in Italy (490)
Saint Enoder (Cynidr, Kenedr, Quidic) (6th c.)
Saint Winewald, Abbot of Beverley in England (c. 731)
Saint Floribert of Liège (746)
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
Saint Stephen, abbot of the Kiev Caves and Bishop of Vladimir in Volhynia (1094)
New Hieromartyr Seraphim, Bishop of Phanarion and Neokhorion (1601)
New Martyr Elias (Ardunis) of Mount Athos (1686)
New Hieromartyr Seraphim, Bishop of Phanarion and Neokhorion (1601)
New Martyr Elias (Ardunis) of Mount Athos (1686)
New Martyrs and Confessors
New Hieromartyrs Paul Svetozarov, Protopresbyter, and John Rozhdestvensky,
priests of Ivanova (1922)
Martyrs: Peter Yazikov, Nicholas Malkov, Auxentius Kalashnikov, Sergius Mefodiev
and Virgin-martyr Anastasia, at Ivanova (1922)
Virgin-martyr Mary Nosova (1938)
New Hieromartyr John Spassky, priest of Tver (1941)
priests of Ivanova (1922)
Martyrs: Peter Yazikov, Nicholas Malkov, Auxentius Kalashnikov, Sergius Mefodiev
and Virgin-martyr Anastasia, at Ivanova (1922)
Virgin-martyr Mary Nosova (1938)
New Hieromartyr John Spassky, priest of Tver (1941)
Other commemorations
Incineration of the relics of Saint Sabbas, first archbishop of Serbia, by Sinan Pasha (1595)
Glorification (1999) of New Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), archbishop of Verey (1929)
Glorification (1999) of New Hieromartyr Hilarion (Troitsky), archbishop of Verey (1929)
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