What is May 27?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1930 === * [[1153]] &ndash; [[Malcolm IV of Scotland]] becomes [[King]]. * [[1199]] &ndash; King [[John of England]] is crowned. * [[1293]] &ndash; A massive [[earthquake]] hits [[Kamakura]], [[Japan]]. * [[1328]] &ndash; [[Philip VI of France|Philip VI]] is crowned King of [[France]]. * [[1644]] &ndash; [[Manchu]] regent [[Dorgon]] defeats rebel leader [[Li Zicheng]] of the [[Shun Dynasty]] at the [[Battle of Shanhai Pass]], allowing the [[Manchu]]s to enter and conquer [[Beijing]]. * [[1703]] &ndash; [[Tsar]] [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] founds the city of [[Saint Petersburg]]. * [[1799]] &ndash; War of the Second Coalition: [[Austria]]n forces defeat the French at [[Winterthur]], [[Switzerland]], securing control of the Northeast Swiss plateau because of the [[town]]'s location at the junction of the seven cross–roads. * [[1813]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: In [[Canada]], [[United States|American]] forces capture [[Fort George]]. * [[1849]] &ndash; The Great Hall of [[Euston station]], [[London]] opened. * [[1860]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]] begins his attack on [[Palermo]], [[Sicily]], as part of the [[Italian Unification]]. * [[1883]] &ndash; [[Alexander III of Russia|Alexander III]] is crowned [[Tsar]] of [[Russia]]. * [[1895]] &ndash; [[Oscar Wilde]] is sent to prison for [[sodomy]]. * [[1896]] &ndash; The [[Fujita scale|F5]]–strength [[East St. Louis Tornado]] hits in [[East Saint Louis, Illinois]], and [[St. Louis, Missouri]], killing 255 people. * [[1901]] &ndash; In [[New Jersey]], the [[Edison Storage Battery Company]] is founded. * [[1905]] &ndash; [[Russo-Japanese War]]: The [[Battle of Tsushima]] begins. * [[1907]] &ndash; A [[bubonic plague]] outbreak begins in [[San Francisco, California]]. * [[1915]] &ndash; Off [[Sheerness]], minelayer ''Princess Irene'' runs over laid mines and explodes, killing 400 people. * [[1919]] &ndash; The [[NC-4]] aircraft arrives in [[Lisbon]] after completing the first [[transatlantic]] flight. * [[1923]] &ndash;