WHAT HAPPENED ON 27. MAY
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Death of Simeon I the Great, the first Bulgarian to be recognized as Emperor. (27. May 927)

Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. (27. May 1120)

Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland. (27. May 1153)

John is crowned King of England. (27. May 1199)

Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing. (27. May 1644)

Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. (27. May 1703)

The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland. (27. May 1798)

War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeats the French at Winterthur, Switzerland, securing control of the northeastern Swiss Plateau because of the town's location at the junction of seven cross-roads. (27. May 1799)

War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George. (27. May 1813)

The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened. (27. May 1849)

Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification. (27. May 1860)

American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson. (27. May 1863)

The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria. (27. May 1874)

Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia. (27. May 1883)

The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage (1997 USD). (27. May 1896)

Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins. (27. May 1905)

Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California. (27. May 1907)

Khilafat Day – the day of establishment of Khilafat in Islam Ahmadiyya. (27. May 1908)

The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight. (27. May 1919)

The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A. (27. May 1927)