WHAT HAPPENED ON 27. SEPTEMBER
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William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme River, beginning the Norman Conquest of England. (27. September 1066)

The Battle of Płowce between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teutonic Order is fought. (27. September 1331)

After the brief Gollub War the Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania (27. September 1422)

The Siege of Vienna begins when Suleiman I attacks the city. (27. September 1529)

The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III. (27. September 1540)

Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history. (27. September 1590)

The armies of Sweden are defeated by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Battle of Kircholm. (27. September 1605)

The Venetians surrender the fortress of Candia to the Ottomans, thus ending the 21-year long Siege of Candia. (27. September 1669)

Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the capital of the United States, for one day. (27. September 1777)

Mexico gains its independence from Spain. (27. September 1821)

Jean-François Champollion announces that he has deciphered the Rosetta stone. (27. September 1822)

The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened. (27. September 1825)

The steamship SS Arctic sinks with 300 people on board. This marks the first great disaster in the Atlantic Ocean. (27. September 1854)

The merchant sailing ship Ellen Southard is wrecked in a storm at Liverpool; the United States Congress subsequently awards 27 gold Lifesaving Medals to the lifeboat men who went to rescue her crew. (27. September 1875)

Wreck of the Old 97, a train crash made famous by the song of the same name. (27. September 1903)

The physics journal Annalen der Physik received Albert Einstein's paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", introducing the equation E=mc². (27. September 1905)

The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan. (27. September 1908)

Iyasu is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zauditu. (27. September 1916)

King Constantine I of Greece abdicates his throne in favor of his eldest son, King George II. (27. September 1922)

The Republic of China is recognized by the United States. (27. September 1928)