Historical Events on May 27

Battle of Lincoln, England in 1217

1452 battle of the Royal–Black Douglas civil war

1456 part of the Ottoman-Albanian Wars

1579 peace treaty between Spain and Parma

1595 battle fought during the Nine Years War

1644 battle in China

Battle of the Kościuszko Uprising

1799 battle of the French Revolutionary Wars

1802 naval battle between Portugal and the Regency of Algiers

1835 riot in Wolverhampton, England

Battle of Second Opium War (25–27 May 1857)

1907 battle between Armenian guerrillas and Ottoman Empire

1915 Western front battle in World War I

World War II battle on the island of Crete, Greece

Sinking of the battleship Bismarck

Operation Anthropoid — 1942 military operation

1951 Swiss Grand Prix — motor car race

1960 Turkish coup d'état — 27 May 1960 government coup in Turkey

1964 European Cup Final — association football match

1965 European Cup Final — football match

1979 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1979

1981 European Cup Final — association football match

1986 murders of Islamic scholars in the U.S.

Battle between the Somali socialist regime and the Somali National Movement

1990 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1990

1995 Bosnian War confrontation

May 1995 earthquake on Russian island of Sachalin

Treaty between First Nations and Canadian governments

2001 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2001

Law enforcement treaty in part of Europe

Earthquake in Java, Indonesia

2007 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2007

2012 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2012

Massacre in Yobe State, Nigeria

2018 Monaco Grand Prix — 6th round of the 2018 Formula One season