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Historical Events on February 27

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837 15th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet

1526 Saxony and Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes)

1531 Evangelical German towns form Schmalkaldische Union

1557 1st Russian Embassy arrives in London

1563 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral

1594 Henry IV crowned King of France

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Henry IV of France

1626 Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci

1665 Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Vice-admiral De Ruyter beats English

1667 Abraham Crijnssen conquers Fort Willoughby (Zeelandia), Suriname

1670 Jews expelled from Austria by order of Leopold I

1678 Earl of Shaftesbury freed from the Tower of London

1696 English/Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Association

1700 Pacific Island of New Britain discovered

1713 French troops bomb Willemstad, Curacao

1801 Washington, D.C. placed under Congressional jurisdiction

1803 Great fire in Bombay, India