What is April 27?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[33 BC]] &ndash; [[Lucius Marcius Philippus]], step–brother of future Roman Emperor [[Augustus]], celebrates a triumph for his victories while serving as [[Governor]] in one of the [[Province]]s of [[Hispania]]. * [[711]] &ndash; [[Islam]]ic Conquest of [[Hispania]]: [[Moors|Moorish]] troops led by [[Tariq ibn Ziyad]] land at [[Gibraltar]] to begin their invasion of the [[Iberian Peninsula]] (Al–Andalus). * [[1296]] &ndash; [[First Scottish War of Independence]]: [[John Balliol]]'s Scottish army is defeated by an English army commanded by [[John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey]] at the [[Battle of Dunbar]]. * [[1521]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Magellan]] is killed in the [[Philippines]]. * [[1522]] &ndash; Combined forces of [[Spain]] and the [[Papal States]] defeat a [[France|French]] and [[Venice|Venetian]] [[army]] at the [[Battle of Bicocca]]. * [[1539]] &ndash; Re–founding of [[Bogota]], in present–day [[Colombia]]. * [[1565]] &ndash; [[Cebu]] is established as the first Spanish settlement in the [[Philippines]]. * [[1749]] &ndash; First performance of [[George Frideric Handel]]'s ''Music of the Fireworks'' in Green Park, [[London]]. * [[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Battle of Ridgefield]] – A British invasion force engages and defeats [[Continental Army]] regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, [[Connecticut]]. * [[1810]] &ndash; [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] composes the musical piece [[Für Elise]]. * [[1813]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: [[US]] troops capture the capital [[city]] of [[Upper Canada]] in the [[Battle of York]] (present–day [[Toronto]]). * [[1840]] &ndash; The foundation stone is laid for the new [[Palace]] of [[Westminster]]. * [[1865]] &ndash; The SS ''Sultana'' steamboat explodes and sinks on the [[Mississippi River]], killing 1,700 people. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1904]] &ndash; [[Chris Watson]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Australia]]. * [[1908]] &ndash; The [[1908 Summer Olympics]] in [[London]] begin. * [[1909]]