March 27 facts for kids

March 27th is a day filled with interesting events throughout history, from important discoveries to major changes in the world. Many famous people were also born or passed away on this day.

Historical Events

Early History (Before 1900s)

• 1309 – Pope Clement V took strong action against Venice because they had taken control of Ferrara, which belonged to the Pope.
• 1329 – Pope John XXII declared that some writings by Meister Eckhart contained ideas that were not allowed by the church.
• 1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reached the northern part of The Bahamas during his first trip to Florida.
• 1625 – Charles I became the new King of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
• 1638 – A very powerful earthquake hit southern Italy, causing a lot of damage and sadly, many deaths.
• 1782 – A new government took charge in Great Britain and started talking about how to end the American War of Independence.
• 1794 – The United States Government decided to create a permanent navy and planned to build six special ships called frigates.
• 1809 – During the Peninsular War, French and Polish forces won a battle against the Spanish in Ciudad Real.
• 1814 – In the War of 1812, U.S. forces led by General Andrew Jackson defeated the Creek people at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
• 1836 – During the Texas Revolution, the Mexican Army, following orders from General Antonio López de Santa Anna, sadly killed 342 Texian prisoners of war at Goliad, Texas.
• 1866 – U.S. President Andrew Johnson tried to stop the Civil Rights Act of 1866 from becoming law, but Congress disagreed and passed it anyway.
• 1871 – The very first international rugby football match was played in Edinburgh, where Scotland beat England.
• 1884 – In Cincinnati, Ohio, a group of people attacked a jury that had made a decision they didn't like. This led to several days of riots and the courthouse being burned down.
• 1886 – Geronimo, a famous Apache warrior, gave up to the U.S. Army, which marked the end of the main part of the Apache Wars.
• 1899 – Emilio Aguinaldo led Filipino forces in battle for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.

Modern History (1900s to Today)

• 1901 – During the Philippine–American War, Emilio Aguinaldo, who was the leader of the First Philippine Republic, was captured by American forces.
• 1912 – First Lady Helen Taft and the wife of the Japanese ambassador planted two cherry trees in Washington, D.C.. This event started the famous National Cherry Blossom Festival.
• 1915 – Typhoid Mary, the first person identified in the U.S. who could spread a disease without being sick herself, was put into quarantine for the second time. She stayed there for the rest of her life.
• 1918 – The National Council of Bessarabia announced that it was joining with the Kingdom of Romania.
• 1933 – Japan left the League of Nations after the League supported China in a dispute about Manchuria.
• 1938 – During the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Battle of Taierzhuang began. Weeks later, it became the first major Chinese victory over Japan in the war.
• 1941 – In World War II, officers in the Yugoslav Air Force peacefully overthrew the government that supported the Axis powers.
• 1942 – During The Holocaust, Nazi Germany and Vichy France began sending 65,000 Jewish people from a camp to German extermination camps.
• 1943 – In World War II, the Battle of the Komandorski Islands started when U.S. Navy forces stopped Japanese ships trying to bring supplies to a military base.
• 1945 – In World War II, "Operation Starvation" began, which involved dropping mines into Japan's ports and waterways from the air. Also, Argentina declared war on the Axis Powers.
• 1958 – Nikita Khrushchev became the leader of the Soviet Union.
• 1964 – The "Good Friday earthquake," the strongest earthquake ever recorded in North America, hit Southcentral Alaska. It caused a lot of damage and resulted in 125 deaths.
• 1975 – Work began on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System, a huge pipeline built to transport oil.
• 1976 – The first part of the Washington Metro subway system opened to the public.
• 1977 – The Tenerife airport disaster occurred when two large airplanes crashed on a foggy runway in the Canary Islands. This was the deadliest aviation accident in history, with 583 people losing their lives.
• 1981 – The Solidarity movement in Poland organized a "warning strike," where about 12 million Poles stopped working for four hours.
• 1990 – The United States started broadcasting TV shows to Cuba called TV Martí, which shared ideas against the Cuban government.
• 1993 – Jiang Zemin was named President of the People's Republic of China.
• 1999 – During the Kosovo War, a U.S. stealth aircraft was shot down by a Yugoslav Army missile. It was the only time this type of aircraft was lost in combat.
• 2000 – An explosion at a Phillips Petroleum plant in Pasadena, Texas, killed one person and injured many others.
• 2002 – In Nanterre, France, a gunman opened fire at a town council meeting, killing eight council members and injuring 19 other people.
• 2004 – The HMS Scylla, a former warship, was sunk on purpose off the coast of Cornwall to create an artificial reef, the first of its kind in Europe.
• 2009 – A dam broke at Situ Gintung, an artificial lake in Indonesia, causing floods that killed at least 99 people.
• 2014 – The Philippines signed a peace agreement with the largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, bringing an end to many years of conflict.
• 2015 – Al-Shabab militants attacked and briefly took over a hotel in Mogadishu, leading to at least 20 deaths.
• 2020 – North Macedonia officially became the 30th member country of NATO.

Famous Births

Born Before 1900s

• 1416 – Francis of Paola, an Italian friar and saint who started the Order of the Minims.
• 1724 – Jane Colden, an American botanist and writer, known for her work with plants.
• 1746 – Carlo Buonaparte, a Corsican-French lawyer and politician, and father of Napoleon Bonaparte.
• 1785 – Louis XVII of France, a young French prince.
• 1809 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann, a French engineer and city planner who redesigned much of Paris.
• 1839 – John Ballance, an Irish-New Zealand journalist and politician who became the 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• 1845 – Wilhelm Röntgen, a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize for discovering X-rays.
• 1847 – Otto Wallach, a German chemist who also won a Nobel Prize.
• 1863 – Henry Royce, an English engineer and businessman who co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited.
• 1869 – Mariah Carey, an American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress.
• 1879 – Edward Steichen, a Luxembourger-American painter and photographer.
• 1886 – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a famous German-American architect.
• 1899 – Gloria Swanson, a well-known American actress and producer.

Born 1900s to Present

• 1901 – Carl Barks, an American illustrator and writer, famous for his Disney comic books.
• 1901 – Eisaku Satō, a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and won the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1912 – James Callaghan, an English politician who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1917 – Cyrus Vance, an American lawyer and politician who served as the 57th United States Secretary of State.
• 1924 – Sarah Vaughan, a famous American singer.
• 1927 – Mstislav Rostropovich, a celebrated Russian cellist and conductor.
• 1931 – David Janssen, an American actor.
• 1935 – Julian Glover, an English actor.
• 1942 – Michael York, an English actor.
• 1950 – Tony Banks, an English keyboardist and songwriter, known for the band Genesis.
• 1955 – Mariano Rajoy, a Spanish lawyer and politician who became Prime Minister of Spain.
• 1957 – Stephen Dillane, an English actor.
• 1959 – Andrew Farriss, an Australian rock musician and multi-instrumentalist.
• 1963 – Quentin Tarantino, a famous American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor.
• 1963 – Xuxa, a Brazilian actress, singer, businesswoman, and TV presenter.
• 1969 – Pauley Perrette, an American actress.
• 1971 – David Coulthard, a Scottish race car driver.
• 1971 – Nathan Fillion, a Canadian actor.
• 1975 – Fergie, an American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress.
• 1986 – Manuel Neuer, a German footballer.
• 1988 – Jessie J, an English singer-songwriter.
• 1988 – Brenda Song, an American actress.
• 1988 – Holliday Grainger, an English actress.
• 1990 – Kimbra, a New Zealand musician.

Notable Deaths

Passed Away Before 1900s

• 710 – Rupert of Salzburg, an Austrian bishop and saint.
• 965 – Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, a Frankish nobleman.
• 1378 – Pope Gregory XI.
• 1482 – Mary of Burgundy, a powerful duchess.
• 1564 – Lütfi Pasha, a Turkish historian and politician who served as Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
• 1625 – James VI and I, King of the United Kingdom.
• 1697 – Simon Bradstreet, an English businessman and politician who was the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• 1770 – Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, a famous Italian painter.
• 1849 – Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, an Irish-Canadian politician who was the Governor General of Canada.
• 1878 – George Gilbert Scott, an English architect who designed many famous buildings.
• 1889 – John Bright, an English politician.
• 1900 – Joseph A. Campbell, an American businessman who founded the Campbell Soup Company.

Passed Away 1900s to Present

• 1918 – Henry Adams, an American journalist, historian, and author.
• 1923 – James Dewar, a Scottish chemist and physicist.
• 1931 – Arnold Bennett, an English author and playwright.
• 1940 – Michael Joseph Savage, an Australian-New Zealand politician who was the 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• 1952 – Kiichiro Toyoda, a Japanese businessman who founded Toyota.
• 1967 – Jaroslav Heyrovský, a Czech chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• 1968 – Yuri Gagarin, a Russian pilot and astronaut, famous for being the first human in space.
• 1975 – Arthur Bliss, an English conductor and composer.
• 1977 – Diana Hyland, an American actress.
• 1982 – Fazlur Khan, a Bangladeshi-American engineer and architect who designed very tall buildings.
• 1989 – May Allison, an American actress.
• 1992 – Lang Hancock, an Australian businessman.
• 1999 – Michael Aris, a Cuban-English author and academic.
• 2002 – Milton Berle, an American comedian and actor.
• 2002 – Dudley Moore, an English actor.
• 2002 – Billy Wilder, an Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter.
• 2006 – Stanisław Lem, a Ukrainian-Polish author.
• 2007 – Paul Lauterbur, an American chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• 2011 – Farley Granger, an American actor.
• 2012 – Adrienne Rich, an American poet, essayist, and feminist.
• 2013 – Hjalmar Andersen, a Norwegian speed skater.
• 2014 – James R. Schlesinger, an American economist and politician who served as United States Secretary of Defense.
• 2016 – Mother Angelica, an American religious leader and media personality.

Holidays and Observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Alexander, a soldier who was martyred in the 3rd century.
  • Amador of Portugal
  • Augusta of Treviso
  • Charles Henry Brent (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • Gelasius, Archbishop of Armagh
  • John of Egypt
  • Philetus
  • Romulus of Nîmes, a Benedictine abbot.
  • Rupert of Salzburg
  • Zanitas and Lazarus of Persia
  • March 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Armed Forces Day (Myanmar)
• Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania (Romania)
• World Theatre Day (International)

See also

In Spanish: 27 de marzo para niños