What is August 27?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === *[[479 BC]] &ndash; [[Battle of Plataea]] ends the [[Iran|Persian]] invasion of [[Ancient Greece|Greece]], [[Mardonius]] routed by [[Pausanias (general)|Pausanias]], the [[Sparta]]n commander of the Greek army. *[[55 BC]] &ndash; [[Julius Caesar]] Lands in Britain for the first time. *AD [[410]] &ndash; [[Vandals|Vandal]] sack of [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] ends after three days. *[[1172]] &ndash; [[Henry the Young King]] and [[Margaret of France]] crowned as junior king and queen of [[England]]. *[[1593]] &ndash; [[Pierre Barriere]] fails in his attempt to kill King [[Henry IV of France]]. *[[1597]] &ndash; [[Japan]] defeats [[Korea]] in the Naval [[Battle]] of Chilchonryang during the [[Imjin War]], following several mistakes by the Korean admiral [[Won Gyun]]. *[[1664]] &ndash; After officially taking control of the former Dutch colony of [[New Amsterdam]], British colonists rename it [[New York City|New York]]. *[[1664]] &ndash; The French East India Company is officially founded by [[Louis XIV of France]]. *[[1728]] &ndash; On this date in the [[Gregorian calendar]], [[Vitus Bering]] lands on the [[Diomede Islands]] in the now–named [[Bering Strait]] between [[Alaska]], now in the [[US]], and the [[Russia]]n far east. *[[1776]] &ndash; [[Battle of Long Island]], in present–day [[Brooklyn, New York]] [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] forces under General [[William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe|William Howe]] defeat Americans under General [[George Washington]]. *[[1793]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: The city of [[Toulon]] revolts against the [[France|French Republic]]. *[[1810]] &ndash; The French [[Navy]] defeats the British [[Royal Navy]], preventing them from taking the harbor of Grand Port and Ile de France. *[[1813]] &ndash; [[Napoleon]] defeats the [[Austria]]ns, [[Russia]]ns and [[Prussia]]ns at the [[Battle of Dresden]]. *[[1820]] &ndash; Along with two other people, [[Josef Naus]] becomes the first person to climb [[Zugspitze]], the highest [[mou