1703
Methuen Treaty
Treaty · Europe
On this day
27 December
309 events in the atlas are dated to 27 December, from 784 CE to 2025. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 309 events
- 784 – 2025 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1831
Second voyage of HMS Beagle
Exploration · Oceania · 1831 – 1836
1864
Paraguayan War
War · South America · 1864 – 1870
1972
Yushin Constitution
Event · East Asia · 1972 – 1980
2007
2007–08 Kenyan crisis
Protest · Sub-Saharan Africa · 2007 – 2008
2007
assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Attack · South Asia
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 3 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 15 events- 17791779 Tabriz earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 1703Methuen TreatyTreaty · Europe
- 17221722 Tavira earthquakeNatural disaster · Europe
- 17351735 E. Luzon Island earthquakeNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 1796Founding of Cispadane RepublicFounding · Europe
- 1620Founding of TanjungbalaiFounding · Southeast Asia
- 1601Battle of BantamBattle · Southeast Asia
- 1572Siege of WeissensteinSiege · Europe · 1572 – 1573
- 15681568 Cocula earthquakeNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1614Founding of UlmeniFounding · Europe
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 29 events- 1864Paraguayan WarWar · South America · 1864 – 1870
- 1831Second voyage of HMS BeagleExploration · Oceania · 1831 – 1836
- 1879Founding of VolgaFounding · North America
- 1877Founding of Ciudad AcuñaFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 18221822 eruption of MerapiNatural disaster · Southeast Asia
- 1824Founding of StillwaterFounding · North America
- 1876Founding of Notre-Dame-des-BoisFounding · North America
- 1888Founding of Sainte-Marie-SaloméFounding · North America
- 1883Construction of Shinmachi StationConstruction · East Asia
- 1897Construction of Kanamachi StationConstruction · East Asia
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 125 events- 1972Yushin ConstitutionEvent · East Asia · 1972 – 1980
- 1918Greater Poland uprisingRebellion · Europe
- 1979Tajbeg Palace assaultPolitical · South Asia
- 1924United States occupation of the Dominican RepublicEvent · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1991Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751Accident · Europe
- 1941Operation ArcheryEvent · Europe
- 1985Rome and Vienna airport attacksNatural disaster · Europe
- 1939Wawer massacreAttack · Europe
- 1983Tunisian bread riotsProtest · North Africa · 1983 – 1984
- 1974Botswana–North Korea relationsEvent · East Asia
The 21st century
since 2001 · 137 events- 2008Gaza War (2008–2009)War · Middle East · 2008 – 2009
- 2007assassination of Benazir BhuttoAttack · South Asia
- 20072007–08 Kenyan crisisProtest · Sub-Saharan Africa · 2007 – 2008
- 2019COVID-19 pandemic in FranceEpidemic · Europe
- 2017Iranian protests against compulsory hijabProtest · Middle East
- 20202020 Nigerien general electionElection · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 20022002 Kenyan general electionElection · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 2019Bek Air Flight 2100Accident · Central Asia
- 2024Impeachment of Han Duck-sooEvent · East Asia
- 20072007 Kenyan general electionElection · Sub-Saharan Africa
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.