WHAT HAPPENED ON 27. MARCH
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Crown Prince Fuling, later Emperor Zhao of Han, is named as Emperor Wu of Han's successor and heir to the throne. Emperor Wu dies two days later. (27. March 87. BC)

Pope Clement V imposes excommunication, interdiction, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse against Venice, which had unjustly seized on Ferrara, a fief of the Patrimony of Peter. (27. March 1309)

Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical. (27. March 1329)

Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida. (27. March 1513)

The first English child born in Canada at Cuper's Cove, Newfoundland to Nicholas Guy. (27. March 1613)

Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France. (27. March 1625)

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (27. March 1782)

The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates. (27. March 1794)

Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact. (27. March 1794)

Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad-Real. (27. March 1809)

Hugh McGary Jr. establishes what is now Evansville, Indiana on a bend in the Ohio River. (27. March 1812)

War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. (27. March 1814)

Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre – Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas. (27. March 1836)

Mexican–American War: Siege of Fort Texas. (27. March 1846)

First reported sighting of the Yosemite Valley by Europeans. (27. March 1851)

Crimean War: The United Kingdom declares war on Russia. (27. March 1854)

The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place. (27. March 1871)

Rioting takes place in Basingstoke in protest against the daily vociferous promotion of Teetotalism by the Salvation Army. (27. March 1881)

A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury who had returned a verdict of manslaughter in a clear case of murder, and then over the next few days would riot and destroy the courthouse. (27. March 1884)

Famous Apache warrior, Geronimo, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars. (27. March 1886)