What happend on 27th October

26.10
28.10
1916

Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasus V, is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu.

1904

First New York City Subway line opens; the system becomes biggest in United States of America, and one of the biggest in world.

1870

Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.

1838

Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state.

1810

United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.

1797

Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria.

1795

The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.

1644

Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.

1553

Condemned as a heretic, Michael Servetus is burned at the stake just outside Geneva.