Historical Events on August 27

Irish-Viking battle in 917

1119 battle between Henry I of England and Louis VI the Fat of France

1191 massacre of the Third Crusade

1501 military conflict in Russia during Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars

1656 treaty between the Netherlands and Ahanta

1661 naval battle of the Cretan War

1776 first major battle of the American Revolutionary War to take place after the Declaration of Independence

1781 battle of the Second Anglo-Mysore War

1782 battle of the American Revolutionary War

1799 battle during the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland

August 1828 treaty to recognize the independence of Uruguay

1832 conflict between the United States and Native Americans

1895 battle near Changhua, Taiwan

Anglo-Zanzibar War — Colonial war by the United Kingdom in East-Africa

1914 battle on the Western Front of World War I

1918 confrontation between U.S. and Mexican forces during the Border War

Supplementary treaty between the German Empire and Bloschevik Russia

1928 international agreement

1949 anti-communist race riots against African Americans and Jews

1967 Canadian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1967

1978 Dutch Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1978

2000 Belgian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race

Earthquake in Damghan County, Iran