November 27 facts for kids

November 27th is a day filled with many interesting events throughout history, from ancient times to the present day. It's a day when important leaders made big decisions, new ideas were born, and famous people came into the world or passed away. Let's explore some of the most notable moments that happened on this date.

Historical Events on November 27

Ancient Times and Middle Ages

• AD 25 – Luoyang was named the capital city of the Eastern Han dynasty in China by Emperor Guangwu of Han. This was a big step in bringing stability back to the empire.
• 176 – Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius gave his son Commodus the important title of "Imperator" and made him the top commander of the powerful Roman legions.
• 511 – King Clovis I, a significant leader of the Franks, passed away in Lutetia (which is now Paris). He was buried in the Abbey of St Genevieve.
• 1095 – Pope Urban II announced the start of the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont. This was a major religious and military movement in history.
• 1382 – Al-Salih Hajji, the last sultan of the Qalawunid family, was removed from power. This marked the end of the long period of the Turkic Bahri Mamluk rule and the beginning of the Circassian Burji Mamluk era.

Events from the 1600s to the 1900s

• 1727 – The first stone was laid for the Jerusalem Church in Berlin, Germany.
• 1809 – A famous prank called the Berners Street hoax was carried out by Theodore Hook in London, causing a lot of chaos and confusion.
• 1815 – The Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland was officially adopted, setting up the rules for how the country would be governed.
• 1830 – Saint Catherine Labouré reported seeing a special vision of the Virgin Mary, known as a Marian apparition.
• 1839 – In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association was created. This group helps collect and understand important information and numbers.
• 1856 – A political event known as the Coup of 1856 led to Luxembourg adopting a new constitution on its own.
• 1863 – During the American Civil War, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and some of his men managed to escape from the Ohio Penitentiary and safely returned to the South.
• 1863 – Also during the American Civil War, at the Battle of Mine Run, Union forces led by General George Meade took positions against troops commanded by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
• 1868 – In the American Indian Wars, United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer led an attack on Cheyenne people living on reservation land near the Battle of Washita River.
• 1895 – In Paris, Alfred Nobel signed his last will, setting aside his wealth to create the famous Nobel Prize awards after his death.
• 1896 – The musical work Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss was performed for the very first time.

Modern Events (1901–Present)

• 1901 – The U.S. Army War College, an important military school, was established.
• 1912 – Spain officially declared a protectorate over the northern part of Morocco.
• 1917 – P. E. Svinhufvud became the chairman of his first senate, making him technically the first Prime Minister of Finland.
• 1918 – The Makhnovshchina, a self-governing anarchist territory, was formed in Ukraine.
• 1924 – The very first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in New York City, a tradition that continues today.
• 1940 – During World War II, at the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the British Royal Navy fought against the Italian Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.
• 1942 – World War II: At Toulon, the French navy purposely sank its own ships and submarines to prevent them from falling into Nazi hands.
• 1944 – World War II: The RAF Fauld explosion occurred at a Royal Air Force ammunition storage site in Staffordshire, causing many casualties.
• 1945 – CARE (originally the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) was founded to send CARE Packages of food and aid to Europe after World War II.
• 1954 – Alger Hiss was released from prison after serving time for perjury.
• 1965 – During the Vietnam War, The Pentagon advised U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that more American troops were needed in Vietnam for operations to succeed.
• 1968 – Penny Ann Early made history by becoming the first woman to play in a major professional men's basketball league, for the Kentucky Colonels.
• 1971 – The Soviet space probe Mars 2 released a module that crashed on Mars, becoming the first human-made object to reach the planet's surface.
• 1973 – The United States Senate voted to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States.
• 1978 – In San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk were killed by a former supervisor.
• 1978 – The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was founded in the Turkish village of Fis.
• 1983 – Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 airplane crashed near Madrid's airport, resulting in many fatalities.
• 1984 – The Brussels Agreement was signed between the United Kingdom and Spain, leading to discussions about Gibraltar.
• 1989 – Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 exploded in mid-air over Colombia, killing everyone on board and some people on the ground.
• 1992 – For the second time in a year, military forces attempted to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela.
• 1999 – The Labour Party took control of the New Zealand government, with Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in the country's history.
• 2001 – A hydrogen atmosphere was discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, marking the first time an atmosphere was found on a planet outside our solar system.
• 2004 – Pope John Paul II returned the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• 2006 – The House of Commons of Canada approved a motion recognizing the Québécois as a nation within Canada.
• 2009 – Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb exploded on a train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, causing it to derail and resulting in deaths and injuries.
• 2020 – Iran's top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was killed near Tehran.
• 2020 – Days after its discovery, the mysterious Utah monolith was removed by recreationists.

Famous Birthdays on November 27

Born Before the 1600s

• 111 – Antinous, a Greek favorite of the Roman Emperor Hadrian.
• 1127 – Emperor Xiaozong of Song, a significant emperor of China.
• 1380 – King Ferdinand I of Aragon, a ruler in Spain.
• 1422 – Gaston IV, Count of Foix, a French nobleman.
• 1548 – Jacopo Mazzoni, an Italian philosopher.
• 1558 – Mingyi Swa, a Crown Prince of Burma.
• 1576 – Shimazu Tadatsune, a Japanese daimyō (feudal lord).
• 1582 – Pierre Dupuy, a French historian and scholar.
• 1586 – Sir John Wray, 2nd Baronet, an English politician.

Born Between 1601 and 1900

• 1630 – Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria.
• 1635 – Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, who became the second wife of Louis XIV of France.
• 1640 – Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland.
• 1701 – Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer and physicist who created the Celsius temperature scale.
• 1746 – Robert R. Livingston, an American lawyer and politician.
• 1746 – Increase Sumner, an American lawyer and the 5th Governor of Massachusetts.
• 1754 – Georg Forster, a German-Polish ethnologist and journalist.
• 1759 – Franz Krommer, a Czech violinist and composer.
• 1809 – Fanny Kemble, an English actress, playwright, and poet.
• 1820 – Rachel Brooks Gleason, one of the first women to earn a medical degree in the United States.
• 1833 – Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge.
• 1843 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, a famous American businessman.
• 1857 – Charles Scott Sherrington, an English physiologist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1870 – Juho Kusti Paasikivi, the 7th President of Finland.
• 1874 – Chaim Weizmann, a Belarusian-Israeli chemist and the 1st President of Israel.
• 1894 – Konosuke Matsushita, a Japanese businessman who founded Panasonic.

Born After 1901

• 1903 – Lars Onsager, a Norwegian-American chemist and physicist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1907 – Harivansh Rai Bachchan, an Indian poet and author.
• 1909 – James Agee, an American novelist and screenwriter.
• 1911 – Fe del Mundo, a Filipino pediatrician and educator.
• 1916 – Chick Hearn, a well-known American sportscaster.
• 1921 – Alexander Dubček, a Slovak soldier and politician.
• 1925 – Ernie Wise, a famous English comedian and actor.
• 1932 – Benigno Aquino Jr., a Filipino journalist and politician.
• 1939 – Laurent-Désiré Kabila, a Congolese politician and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• 1940 – Bruce Lee, a legendary American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter.
• 1942 – Jimi Hendrix, an iconic American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1945 – James Avery, an American actor, known for his role in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
• 1951 – Kathryn Bigelow, an American film director and producer.
• 1955 – Bill Nye, an American engineer, educator, and popular television host known as "Bill Nye the Science Guy."
• 1957 – Caroline Kennedy, an American lawyer and diplomat, and the daughter of President John F. Kennedy.
• 1958 – Mike Scioscia, an American baseball player and manager.
• 1960 – Yulia Tymoshenko, a Ukrainian economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Ukraine.
• 1962 – Davey Boy Smith, a famous English-Canadian wrestler.
• 1964 – Roberto Mancini, an Italian footballer and manager.
• 1971 – Iván Rodríguez, a Puerto Rican-American baseball player.
• 1976 – Jaleel White, an American actor, famous for playing Steve Urkel in "Family Matters."
• 1979 – Hilary Hahn, a talented American violinist.
• 1981 – Bruno Alves, a Portuguese footballer.
• 1982 – Aleksandr Kerzhakov, a Russian footballer.
• 1983 – Professor Green, an English rapper.
• 1985 – Alison Pill, a Canadian actress.
• 1986 – Suresh Kumar Raina, an Indian cricketer.
• 1992 – Chanyeol, a South Korean rapper, singer, and actor from the group EXO.
• 2001 – Zoe Colletti, an American actress.

Notable Deaths on November 27

Passed Away Before the 1600s

• 8 BC – Horace, a famous Roman soldier and poet.
• 395 – Rufinus, a Roman politician.
• 450 – Galla Placidia, a Roman Empress.
• 511 – Clovis I, king of the Franks.
• 602 – Maurice, a Byzantine emperor.
• 1198 – Constance, Queen of Sicily.
• 1252 – Blanche of Castile, a French princess and queen of Castile.
• 1474 – Guillaume Du Fay, a French composer and music theorist.
• 1570 – Jacopo Sansovino, an Italian sculptor and architect.

Passed Away Between 1601 and 1900

• 1632 – John Eliot, an English politician.
• 1703 – Henry Winstanley, an English painter and engineer.
• 1754 – Abraham de Moivre, a French-English mathematician.
• 1811 – Andrew Meikle, a Scottish engineer who designed the threshing machine.
• 1819 – Gustavus Conyngham, an Irish-born American sea captain and privateer.
• 1852 – Ada Lovelace, an English mathematician and computer scientist, known for her work on Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine.
• 1875 – Richard Christopher Carrington, an English astronomer.
• 1881 – Theobald Boehm, a German flute player and composer.
• 1895 – Alexandre Dumas, fils, a French novelist and playwright.

Passed Away After 1901

• 1901 – Clement Studebaker, an American businessman who co-founded Studebaker automobiles.
• 1916 – Emile Verhaeren, a Belgian poet and playwright.
• 1934 – Baby Face Nelson, an American criminal.
• 1940 – Nicolae Iorga, a Romanian historian and politician who served as Prime Minister.
• 1953 – Eugene O'Neill, an American playwright who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1955 – Arthur Honegger, a French-Swiss composer.
• 1969 – May Gibbs, an English Australian children's author and illustrator.
• 1975 – Ross McWhirter, an English author who co-founded the Guinness Book of Records.
• 1978 – Harvey Milk, an American politician.
• 1978 – George Moscone, the 37th Mayor of San Francisco.
• 1988 – John Carradine, an American actor.
• 1989 – Carlos Arias Navarro, a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister.
• 1990 – David White, an American actor.
• 1998 – Gloria Fuertes, a Spanish poet and author of children's literature.
• 2007 – Robert Cade, an American physician who helped invent Gatorade.
• 2008 – V. P. Singh, the 7th Prime Minister of India.
• 2011 – Ken Russell, an English film director.
• 2011 – Gary Speed, a Welsh footballer and manager.
• 2013 – Lewis Collins, an English-American actor.
• 2013 – Nílton Santos, a Brazilian footballer.
• 2014 – P. D. James, an English author.
• 2015 – Maurice Strong, a Canadian businessman and diplomat.
• 2020 – Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian nuclear scientist.
• 2021 – Apetor, a Norwegian YouTuber.

Holidays and Celebrations

• Christian feast day:

* Acarius of Tournai * Barlaam and Josaphat * Bilihildis of Altmünster * Congar of Congresbury * Facundus and Primitivus * Humilis of Bisignano * James Intercisus * Leonard of Port Maurice * Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal (Roman Catholic) * Secundinus * Siffredus of Carpentras * Vergilius of Salzburg * Clovis I * November 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Lancashire Day (United Kingdom)
• Maaveerar Day (Tamil Eelam, Sri Lanka)
• Naval Infantry Day (Russia)
• Teacher's Day (Spain)

See also

In Spanish: 27 de noviembre para niños