What happened on October 27 in other years, from the events Wikipedia's editors chose for its "On this day":
- 1674: Franco-Dutch War: French forces surrender the fortress town of Grave to the Dutch army after a three month siege. → Siege of Grave (1674)
- 1775: King George III expanded on his Proclamation of Rebellion in the Thirteen Colonies in his speech from the throne at the opening of Parliament. → Proclamation of Rebellion
- 1942: The Empire of Japan achieved a pyrrhic victory against the United States at the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. → Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
- 1967: American Catholic priest Philip Berrigan led a protest against the Vietnam War by pouring blood over Selective Service records in Baltimore, Maryland. → Philip Berrigan
- 1999: Armed men led by Nairi Hunanyan carried out a mass shooting at the Armenian parliament, killing Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, National Assembly speaker Karen Demirchyan, and six others. → Nairi Hunanyan
- 2019: The Mocking of Christ by Cimabue sold at auction in France for €19.5 million, a record for a pre-1500 artwork. → The Mocking of Christ (Cimabue)
Born on October 27
- 1782: Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1840)
- 1858: Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)
- 1932: Sylvia Plath, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (died 1963)
- 1945: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilian union leader and politician, 35 and 39th President of Brazil
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