On this day: June 27

Events on June 27

• 678 Pope Agatho, later venerated as a saint in both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, began his pontificate. Wikipedia
• 1556 The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs. Wikipedia
• 1571 Queen Elizabeth I issued a royal charter establishing Jesus College, the first Protestant college at the University of Oxford. Wikipedia
• 1743 War of the Austrian Succession: In the last time that a British monarch led troops in battle, Allied forces commanded by George II defeated the French army at Dettingen, Bavaria. Wikipedia
• 1760 Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina. Wikipedia
• 1800 War of the Second Coalition: French forces won a victory at the Battle of Neuburg, ending Austrian control over the River Danube. Wikipedia
• 1806 British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate. Wikipedia
• 1864 American Civil War: General Sherman's frontal assault against the Confederate Army of Tennessee failed, but did not stop the Union army from advancing on Atlanta. Wikipedia
• 1864 American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta campaign. Wikipedia
• 1898 The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia. Wikipedia
• 1899 A. E. J. Collins scored 628 runs not out, the highest recorded score in cricket until being surpassed in 2016. Wikipedia
• 1924 The Johor–Singapore Causeway opens after five years of construction, providing a land connection for road and rail vehicles travelling between Johor and Singapore. Wikipedia
• 1941 World War II: German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa. Wikipedia
• 1944 World War II: Mogaung is the first place in Burma to be liberated from the Japanese by British Chindits, supported by the Chinese. Wikipedia
• 1954 The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow. Wikipedia
• 1957 Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, mainly in and around Cameron, Louisiana. Wikipedia
• 1974 U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union. Wikipedia
• 1976 Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PFLP and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda. Wikipedia
• 1977 France grants independence to Djibouti. Wikipedia
• 1981 The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong. Wikipedia
• 1988 The Gare de Lyon rail accident in Paris, France, kills 56 people. Wikipedia
• 1991 Two days after it had declared independence, Slovenia is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft, starting the Ten-Day War. Wikipedia
• 2007 Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, a position he had held since 1997. Chancellor Gordon Brown succeeds him. Wikipedia
• 2013 NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph space probe to observe the Sun. Wikipedia
• 2017 A series of powerful cyberattacks using the Petya malware target websites of Ukrainian organizations and counterparts with Ukrainian connections around the globe. Wikipedia
• 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden debates former U.S. President Donald Trump. Biden's perceived poor performance leads to his withdrawal from the election on July 21. Wikipedia

Born on June 27

• 850 Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya, Aghlabid emir (died 902) Wikipedia
• 1350 Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (died 1425) Wikipedia
• 1462 Louis XII, king of France (died 1515) Wikipedia
• 1550 Charles IX, king of France (died 1574) Wikipedia
• 1806 Augustus De Morgan, English mathematician and logician (died 1871) Wikipedia
• 1838 Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian journalist, author, and poet (died 1894) Wikipedia
• 1869 Emma Goldman, Lithuanian-Canadian philosopher and activist (died 1940) Wikipedia
• 1869 Hans Spemann, German embryologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1941) Wikipedia
• 1880 Helen Keller, American author, academic, and activist (died 1968) Wikipedia
• 1884 Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (died 1962) Wikipedia
• 1899 Juan Trippe, American businessman, founded Pan American World Airways (died 1981) Wikipedia
• 1911 Marion M. Magruder, American Marine officer, commander of the VMF(N)-533 squadron (died 1997) Wikipedia
• 1931 Martinus J. G. Veltman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021) Wikipedia
• 1941 Krzysztof Kieślowski, Polish director and screenwriter (died 1996) Wikipedia
• 1951 Mary McAleese, Irish academic and politician, 8th President of Ireland Wikipedia
• 1955 Isabelle Adjani, French actress Wikipedia
• 1960 Robert King, English harpsichordist and conductor Wikipedia
• 1966 J. J. Abrams, American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia
• 1975 Tobey Maguire, American actor Wikipedia
• 1984 Khloé Kardashian, American model, businesswoman, and radio host Wikipedia
• 1985 Nico Rosberg, German race car driver Wikipedia
• 1985 Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russian tennis player Wikipedia

Died on June 27

• 1458 Alfonso V of Aragon (born 1396) Wikipedia
• 1574 Giorgio Vasari, Italian historian, painter, and architect (born 1511) Wikipedia
• 1831 Konstantin Pavlovich, grand duke of Russia and the son of Emperor Paul I of Russia (born 1779) Wikipedia
• 1831 Sophie Germain, French mathematician and physicist (born 1776) Wikipedia
• 1839 Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire (born 1780) Wikipedia
• 1844 Joseph Smith, American religious leader, founded the Latter Day Saint movement (born 1805) Wikipedia
• 1989 A. J. Ayer, English philosopher and academic (born 1910) Wikipedia
• 1999 Georgios Papadopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, 169th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919) Wikipedia
• 2000 Pierre Pflimlin, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1907) Wikipedia
• 2001 Tove Jansson, Finnish author, illustrator, and painter (born 1914) Wikipedia
• 2001 Jack Lemmon, American actor (born 1925) Wikipedia
• 2014 Violet Milstead, Canadian World War II aviator and bush pilot (born 1919) Wikipedia
• 2015 Chris Squire, English musician (bass guitarist), singer and songwriter, member of the rock band Yes (born 1948) Wikipedia
• 2016 Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (born 1929) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day: Arialdo Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Crescens, one of the Seventy disciples Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Cyril of Alexandria (Coptic Church, Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion and Lutheran Church) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Hemma of Gurk Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Gundenis Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed Louise-Thérèse de Montaignac de Chauvance Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Marguerite Bays Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Sampson the Hospitable Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Zoilus Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: June 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• Canadian Multiculturalism Day (Canada) Wikipedia
• Commemoration Day for the Victims of the Communist Regime (Czech Republic) Wikipedia
• Day of Turkmen Workers of Culture and Art and poetry of Magtymguly Pyragy (Turkmenistan) Wikipedia
• Helen Keller Day (United States) Wikipedia
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Djibouti from France in 1977. Wikipedia
• Mixed Race Day (Brazil) Wikipedia
• National PTSD Awareness Day (United States) Wikipedia
• Seven Sleepers' Day or Siebenschläfertag (Germany) Wikipedia
• Unity Day (Tajikistan) Wikipedia

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “June 27” and the articles it links to (authors and history), retrieved 2026-10-09 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. We picked the 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths with the widest coverage across Wikipedia's language editions (counted from Wikidata) and sorted them by year; the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures.