WHAT HAPPENED ON 27. JULY
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Siward, Earl of Northumbria invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland somewhere north of the Firth of Forth. (27. July 1054)

Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Stefan Nemanja, during the Third Crusade. (27. July 1189)

Georgian-Seljuk wars: At the Battle of Basian the Kingdom of Georgia defeats the Sultanate of Rum. (27. July 1202)

Battle of Bouvines : Philip II of France decisively defeats Imperial, English and Flemish armies, effectively ending John of England's Angevin Empire. (27. July 1214)

According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invades the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state. (27. July 1299)

Battle of Bapheus: decisive Ottoman victory over the Byzantines opening up Bithynia for Turkish conquest. (27. July 1302)

The Jesuit priest Francis Xavier's ship reaches Japan. (27. July 1549)

The English Parliament passes the second Navigation Act requiring that all goods bound for the American colonies have to be sent in English ships from English ports. (27. July 1663)

Glorious Revolution: the Battle of Killiecrankie ends. (27. July 1689)

A Royal charter is granted to the Bank of England. (27. July 1694)

The Battle of Grengam marks the second important victory of the Russian Navy. (27. July 1720)

American Revolution: First Battle of Ushant – British and French fleets fight to a standoff. (27. July 1778)

The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State). (27. July 1789)

French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 "enemies of the Revolution". (27. July 1794)

Sailing from San Francisco, California to Panama City, Panama, the SS Golden Gate catches fire and sinks off Manzanillo, Mexico, killing 231. (27. July 1862)

Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina. (27. July 1865)

The first permanent transatlantic telegraph cable is successfully completed, stretching from Valentia Island, Ireland, to Heart's Content, Newfoundland. (27. July 1866)

Second Anglo-Afghan War: Battle of Maiwand – Afghan forces led by Mohammad Ayub Khan defeat the British Army in battle near Maiwand, Afghanistan. (27. July 1880)

Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later. (27. July 1890)

Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans. (27. July 1900)