August 27 in History

Accedes to the Treaty of Cambrai

Captures St Quentin but is ordered by Philip II to withdraw to The Netherlands

Captures St Quentin but is ordered by Philip II to withdraw to The Netherlands

Captures St Quentin but is ordered by Philip II to withdraw to The Netherlands

Defeated by the Imperial army under Wallenstein & Catholic League under Tilly. Defeated by the Catholic League

Danish defeat by the Imperial army under Wallenstein & the Catholic League under Tilly

Defeated by the Imperial army under Wallenstein & Catholic League under Tilly

Danish defeat by the Imperial army under Wallenstein & the Catholic League under Tilly

Cromwell tightens the Parliamentarian encirclement, leaving Charles II increasingly confined around Worcester and unable to continue toward London.

Arrives near Evesham south-east of Worcester with the army preparing to close on Charles II.

Joins forces with Cromwell, 15 miles south west of Worcester, a combined force of 28,000

Arrives with the royal commissioners before the peaceful surrender of New Amsterdam.

Creates the company as part of his mercantilist programme for French overseas trade.

Authorises a company to expand French trade in Asia.

Authorises the French East India Company to expand French trade in Asia.

Captures Carrickfergus after landing in Ulster

Authorizes the Treaty of Nerchinsk fixing the Qing-Russian frontier north of the Amur

Serves as interpreter and mediator during the Treaty of Nerchinsk negotiations

Negotiates the Treaty of Nerchinsk with Qing representatives

Negotiates the Treaty of Nerchinsk for the Kangxi Emperor

Serves as interpreter in the Treaty of Nerchinsk negotiations

Her government is still represented in the negotiations concluded at Nerchinsk

As plenipotentiary, signs the Grand Alliance treaty at The Hague.

Signs the Grand Alliance treaty binding England, the Dutch Republic and the Emperor against France.

Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain

Captures Fort Frontenac at the entrance to the St Lawrence

Offers to support Louis XVI in the Declaration of Pillnitz

Simon Bolivar issued an Organic Decree and assumed extraordinary executive powers over Gran Colombia.

Construction restarts with the foundation stone for the Leigh Woods abutment laid on the western side of the gorge.

Rejects a Prussian scheme of union

Wilson Gormon Tariff Act, 1st graduated income tax

Wilson Gormon Tariff Act, passed without Clevelands signature. Wilson Gormon Tariff Act, 1st graduated income tax

Wilson Gormon Tariff Act, 1st graduated income tax

Uses a Commons statement to reinforce the national appeal for voluntary Army recruits.

Moves an address expressing admiration for Belgian resistance and British determination to support Belgian independence.

Poor communications with both Stavka headquarters and, more specifically, with First Army commander Rennenkampf (with whom Samsonov had a personal quarrel), led to Samsonovs forces being encircled by the German Eighth Army under Hindenburg and Ludendorf

Poor communications with both Stavka headquarters and, more specifically, with First Army commander Rennenkampf (with whom Samsonov had a personal quarrel), led to Samsonovs forces being encircled by the German Eighth Army under Hindenburg and Ludendorf

Answers questions about the wartime Press Bureau and the handling of military information.

His behaviour during the Battle of Tannenberg, & failure to coordinate with Samsonovs Second Army, resulted in much criticism from sector commander Yakov Zhilinskiy and attempts by some members of the military high command to have him removed

With his Second Army virtually destroyed, of a total of 150,000 men under his command less than 10,000 escaped German capture, Samsonov, lost in wooded terrain, and unable to face reporting the scale of the disaster to Tsar Nicholas II, commits suicide

Poor communications with both Stavka headquarters and, more specifically, with First Army commander Rennenkampf (with whom Samsonov had a personal quarrel), led to Samsonovs forces being encircled by the German Eighth Army under Hindenburg and Ludendorf

With his Second Army virtually destroyed, of a total of 150,000 men under his command less than 10,000 escaped German capture, Samsonov, lost in wooded terrain, and unable to face reporting the scale of the disaster to Tsar Nicholas II, commits suicide

Reynell's 9th Australian Light Horse Regiment is committed as reinforcements during the renewed fighting for Hill 60.

Russell's New Zealand mounted troops join a renewed Allied attack against the summit trenches on Hill 60.

Birdwood's force renews the attempt to seize Hill 60, using Australian, New Zealand, British and Irish troops at the Anzac-Suvla junction.

Romania joins the Allies

Romanian Government order mobilisation and declare war on Austria-Hungary

Enters the war on the side of the Allies by declaring war on Austria

Ferdinand approves Romania's declaration of war against Austria-Hungary.

Romania enters the war on the Allied side.

Bratianu's government enters the war alongside the Entente.

Romanian Government order mobilisation and declare war on Austria-Hungary

Kornilov refuses Kerensky's dismissal and continues military movements that the government denounces as rebellion.

Appeals for support against Kornilov's move on Petrograd.

Dismisses Kornilov after concluding that the commander in chief is challenging the authority of the Provisional Government.

Appeals to the Petrograd Soviet and revolutionary organisations for support against Kornilov's movement toward the capital.

His advance alarms the Petrograd Soviet and the government.

Rejects Kerensky dismissal and calls for resistance to disorder.

Rejects Kerensky's dismissal and presents his actions as necessary to defend Russia from disorder and military disintegration.

Appeals to officers and soldiers after Kerensky publicly denounces his actions as a challenge to the government.

Bolsheviks support resistance to Kornilov while continuing to oppose the political programme of Kerensky's government.

Supplementary Russo-German Treaty is signed with secret clauses

Takes place while a commission defines the Greekn border

Sends an ultimatum to the Greek Government demanding compensation, refused. Mussolini occupies Corfu but leaves after Greece pays an indemnity. A murdered Italian general, Tellini, & 4 of his staff are found dead in Greece

65 states including Russia & the USA sign the Kellog-Briand Pact

Under the terms of the Kellog-Briand Pact war is outlawed & disputes must be settled peacefully. Devised by Frank Kellog & Aristride Briand. 65 states including Russia & the USA sign the Kellog-Briand Pact

Under the terms of the Kellog-Briand Pact war is outlawed & disputes must be settled peacefully

Sponsors the antiwar pact linked to League-era diplomacy.

Signs the pact renouncing war as an instrument of policy.

War is outlawed & disputes must be settled peacefully

Devised by Frank Kellog & Aristride Briand. 63 powers sign a pact renouncing war

Devised by Frank Kellog & Aristride Briand. 63 powers renounce war

65 states including Russia & the USA sign the Kellog-Briand Pact

Signs the Kellog Pact

War is outlawed & disputes must be settled peacefully. 65 states including Russia & the USA sign the Kellog-Briand Pact

Japan signs the Kellog-Briand Pact renouncing war

Congress authorizes the President to call the National guard & other reserves for 1 yr

Orders are given to carry deception maneuvers along Britains east coast

Congress authorizes the President to call the National guard & other reserves for 1 yr

Given command of operations to invade England, subject to victory in the air

Says victory is dependent on vicory in the Air. Issues a directive for Naval & Army operations for the invasion of England

Given command of operations to invade England, subject to victory in the air

Laval is shot four times while reviewing the Legion des Volontaires Francais at Versailles, he survives his wounds and is returned to power in Vichy on April 18,1942

A Government more sympathetic had been formed & asks the Allies for a cease-fire

Laval is shot four times while reviewing the Legion des Volontaires Francais at Versailles, he survives his wounds and is returned to power in Vichy on April 18,1942

Mariner 2 launches on the first successful American mission to Venus.

Appointed Prime Minister of Norway

Embarks on lone circumnavigation of the World

Beatles Hey Jude and Mary Hopkins Those Were the Days released, launching Apple Records

Beatles Hey Jude and Mary Hopkins Those Were the Days released, launching Apple Records

Dubcek returns from the Kremlin announces the repeal of democratic reforms

The Russians increase their occupation force to 650,000. Dubcek returns from the Kremlin announces the repeal of democratic reforms

CIA technical officers developed film Hunt had brought back from California after reconnaissance connected with the Ellsberg investigation.

Deputy Director Robert Cushman told the White House that CIA would provide no further technical assistance because Hunt's requests had expanded beyond acceptable limits.

Hunt asked CIA for a New York mail address and telephone-answering service, but senior officers refused the expanded request.

Gary Gilmore's Eyes enters the Official Singles Chart and reaches number eighteen.

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran, 2nd term

The registered unemployment total exceeds 2 million

Registered unemployment passes two million during the recession.

Appointed military President of Nigeria after the overthrow of Muhammadu Buhari

The USA recognizes the independence of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania

The USA recognizes the independence of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania

The USA recognizes the independence of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania

The USA recognizes the independence of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania

The USA recognizes the independence of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania

Appointed Prime Minister of Angola, 2nd term

Scores a celebrated hat-trick in Arsenal's 3-3 Premier League draw at Leicester City.

Is nominated for vice president at the Democratic convention.

Lebanese authorities indict Gaddafi over the disappearance of Musa al-Sadr and two companions.

New Horizons begins a further hibernation cycle as mission controllers conserve spacecraft resources during the Pluto cruise.

Thanou becomes Greece's first female Prime Minister and leads a caretaker government.

Juno returns the first close images of Jupiter's north pole, revealing dense storm systems.

Youssef Chahed became head of government following parliamentary approval.

Juno completes its first close Jupiter pass with the full science instrument suite operating.

Accepts the Republican nomination for president in 2020.

Fenerbahce lose to Benfica in the Champions League playoff and drop into the Europa League.

Death of Sixtus V

Death of George Lennox Rawdon Berkeley

Death of Brian Epstein, from an accidental overdose

Death of Brian Epstein, from an accidental overdose, Harrison says , "There is no such thing as death"

Death of Haile Selassie

The war council agrees to take the field at Bolton in Glendale

An army commanded by the Earl of Warwick defeats Kett's rebels at Dussindale and restores royal control.

Captures St Quentin but is ordered by Philip II to withdraw to The Netherlands

Writes that the enemy in Worcester must fight or be trapped as Parliamentarian forces close around the city.

The Boer Army is defeated

Is defeated as the British advance through the Transvaal.

Buller attacks the Boer position at Bergendal during the British advance through the eastern Transvaal.

Viljoen takes part in the Boer defence at Bergendal before the commandos withdraw eastward.

Driven back from Le Cateau

Gathers a force 100,000 against the threat posed by Samsonov & Rennekamps armies

Only 60,000 Russian troops escape. Hindenburg takes 90,000 prisoners & several hundred guns

Hindenburg defeats Samsonov & turns on Rennenkampf who retreats to the Niemen River

Leads the XVIII Corps

His behaviour during the Battle of Tannenberg, & failure to coordinate with Samsonovs Second Army, resulted in much criticism from sector commander Yakov Zhilinskiy and attempts by some members of the military high command to have him removed. Hindenburg defeats Samsonov & turns on Rennenkampf who retreats to the Niemen River

Hindenburg drives Samsonovs army back to Hohenstein

Hindenburg takes 90,000 prisoners & several hundred guns

Poor communications with both Stavka headquarters and, more specifically, with First Army commander Rennenkampf (with whom Samsonov had a personal quarrel), led to Samsonovs forces being encircled by the German Eighth Army under Hindenburg and Ludendorf. Only 60,000 Russian troops escape.

Samsonov is surrounded on 3 sides by Hindenburgs army & by swamps & lakes.

With his Second Army virtually destroyed, of a total of 150,000 men under his command less than 10,000 escaped German capture, Samsonov, lost in wooded terrain, and unable to face reporting the scale of the disaster to Tsar Nicholas II, commits suicide.