April 27
| 1296 | Edward I defeats the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar. | |
| 1509 | Pope Julius II excommunicates the Italian state of Venice. | |
| 1565 | The first Spanish settlement in Philippines is established in Cebu City. | |
| 1773 | British Parliament passes the Tea Act. | |
| 1746 | King George II wins the battle of Culloden. | |
| 1813 | American forces capture York (present-day Toronto), the seat of government in Ontario. | |
| 1861 | President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus. | |
| 1861 | West Virginia secedes from Virginia after Virginia secedes from the Union. | |
| 1863 | The Army of the Potomac begins marching on Chancellorsville. | |
| 1865 | The Sultana, a steam-powered riverboat, catches fire and burns after one of its boilers explodes. At least 1,238 of the 2,031 passengers–mostly former Union POWs–are killed. | |
| 1909 | The Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid II, is overthrown. | |
| 1937 | German bombers of the Condor Legion devastate Guernica, Spain. | |
| 1941 | The Greek army capitulates to the invading Germans. | |
| 1950 | South Africa passes the Group Areas Act, formally segregating races. | |
| 1961 | The United Kingdom grants Sierra Leone independence. | |
| 1975 | Saigon is encircled by North Vietnamese troops. | |
| 1978 | The Afghanistan revolution begins. | |
| 1989 | Protesting students take over Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. |
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