On this day: November 27

Events on November 27

• 1727 The foundation stone to the Jerusalem Church in Berlin is laid. Wikipedia
• 1839 In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded. Wikipedia
• 1856 The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution. Wikipedia
• 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Wikipedia
• 1879 War of the Pacific: Battle of Tarapacá: The confrontation between the Chilean Army and the Peruvian Army takes place in Tarapacá, the Peruvian victory is consummated with the death of the 2 generals and the capture the Chilean general in said place of battle, headed by the Peruvian victory of General Juan Buendía y Noregia. Wikipedia
• 1895 Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, setting aside the bulk of his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after his death. Wikipedia
• 1895 At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies. Wikipedia
• 1912 Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco. Wikipedia
• 1940 World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea. Wikipedia
• 1943 World War II: Australian forces began the Battle of Wareo by conducting clearing operations between Bonga and North Hill. Wikipedia
• 1965 Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000. Wikipedia
• 1971 The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars. Wikipedia
• 1973 Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House will confirm him 387–35). Wikipedia
• 1975 The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England. Wikipedia
• 1978 In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk are assassinated by former supervisor Dan White. Wikipedia
• 1983 Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181. Wikipedia
• 1984 Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agrees to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty. Wikipedia
• 1989 Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel claimed responsibility for the attack. Wikipedia
• 1992 For the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela. Wikipedia
• 1997 Twenty-five people are killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria. Wikipedia
• 1999 The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female prime minister in New Zealand's history. Wikipedia
• 2001 A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet. Wikipedia
• 2004 Pope John Paul II returns the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church. Wikipedia
• 2009 Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb explodes on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries. Wikipedia
• 2020 Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, is assassinated near Tehran. Wikipedia
• 2024 Syrian rebel groups led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham launch a ground offensive into Syria. Wikipedia

Born on November 27

• 111 Antinous, Greek favourite of Hadrian (died 130) Wikipedia
• 1635 Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (died 1719) Wikipedia
• 1701 Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (died 1744) Wikipedia
• 1798 Andries Pretorius, Boer leader after whom Pretoria was named, Prime Minister of the Natalia Republic (died 1853) Wikipedia
• 1857 Charles Scott Sherrington, English physiologist, bacteriologist, and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1952) Wikipedia
• 1870 Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish academic and politician, 7th President of Finland (died 1956) Wikipedia
• 1874 Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist and politician, 1st President of Israel (died 1952) Wikipedia
• 1894 Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic (died 1989) Wikipedia
• 1903 Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1976) Wikipedia
• 1921 Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (died 1992) Wikipedia
• 1939 Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Congolese politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (died 2001) Wikipedia
• 1940 Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter (died 1973) Wikipedia
• 1942 Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1970) Wikipedia
• 1946 Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Ethiopian-Djiboutian lawyer and politician, President of Djibouti Wikipedia
• 1951 Kathryn Bigelow, American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia
• 1957 Caroline Kennedy, American lawyer and diplomat, 27th United States Ambassador to Australia, daughter of President John F. Kennedy Wikipedia
• 1960 Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Ukraine Wikipedia
• 1964 Roberto Mancini, Italian footballer and manager Wikipedia
• 1970 Han Kang, South Korean writer Wikipedia
• 1981 Bruno Alves, Portuguese footballer Wikipedia
• 1982 Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Russian footballer Wikipedia
• 1992 Chanyeol, South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, actor and model Wikipedia

Died on November 27

• 8 BC Horace, Roman soldier and poet (born 65 BC) Wikipedia
• 511 Clovis I, king of the Franks Wikipedia
• 602 Maurice, Byzantine emperor (born 539) Wikipedia
• 1474 Guillaume Du Fay, French composer and music theorist (born 1397) Wikipedia
• 1754 Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (born 1667) Wikipedia
• 1819 Gustavus Conyngham, Irish-born American merchant sea captain, an officer in the Continental Navy and a privateer. Wikipedia
• 1852 Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (born 1815) Wikipedia
• 1895 Alexandre Dumas, fils, French novelist and playwright (born 1824) Wikipedia
• 1916 Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and playwright (born 1855) Wikipedia
• 1953 Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888) Wikipedia
• 1955 Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer and academic (born 1892) Wikipedia
• 1975 Ross McWhirter, English author and activist, co-founded the Guinness Book of Records (born 1925) Wikipedia
• 1978 Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (born 1930) Wikipedia
• 2008 V. P. Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of India (born 1931) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day: Acarius of Tournai Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Barlaam and Josaphat Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Bilihildis of Altmünster Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Congar of Congresbury Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Facundus and Primitivus Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Humilis of Bisignano Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: James Intercisus Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Leonard of Port Maurice Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Roman Catholic) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Secundinus Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Siffredus of Carpentras Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Vergilius of Salzburg Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Clovis I Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: November 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• Lancashire Day (United Kingdom) Wikipedia
• Maaveerar Day (Tamil Eelam, Sri Lanka) Wikipedia
• Naval Infantry Day (Russia) Wikipedia
• Teacher's Day (Spain) Wikipedia

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “November 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.