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Malcolm IV became King of Scotland on May 27, 1153, at age 12, following the death of his grandfather, David I. His short reign was marked by challenges due to his youth, He died in 1165 at age 24.
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On This Day in History: May 27
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John Lackland, becomes King of England on May 27, 1199, after the death of his brother Richard II (The Lionheart) and is crowned at Westminster Abbey. He was King of England until his death in 1216.
King Louis IX of France begins to rule independently on May 27, 1234, at age 20. He also married Margaret of Provence on the same date. He had been crowned at age 12 in 1226 and had been under his mother Blanche of Castile's regency since then. Blanche continued to be a trusted counsel until her death in 1252.
The Treaty of Copenhagen is signed, on May 27, 1660, ending the Second Northern War between the Swedish Empire and the alliance of Denmark-Norway and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, establishing the modern borders between Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. More
King Charles II assents, on May 27, 1679, the Habeas Corpus Act, passed by the Parliament of England. The Act, significantly strengthening a person's right to challenge unlawful arrest and imprisonment.
This landmark legislation ensured that individuals detained could be brought before a judge to determine the legality of their detention. It's considered one of the four pillars of English liberty, alongside Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, and the Bill of Rights. The act is often wrongly described as the origin of the writ of habeas corpus in England. Actually, the writ of habeas corpus had existed before in various forms for at least five centuries and has been amended several times since then, it remains on the statute book to this day.
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The Russian city of St. Petersburg, named after the apostle Saint Peter is founded on May 27, 1703 by Tsar Peter the Great, on the site of a captured Swedish fortress. St. Petersburg is a Russian port city on the Baltic Sea and it was the imperial capital for 2 centuries.
It remains Russia's cultural center. Among its many beautiful sites, architecture and art is the Bronze Horseman, an equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square opened to the public in 1782. The statue influenced an 1833 poem of the same name by Alexander Pushkin.
Andrew Shiva, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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The Hells Canyon Massacre, a mass slaughter of Chinese gold miners by a gang of white horse thieves takes place on May 27, 1887 (some sources quote May 25), in Lewiston, Washington Territory, in what is now Idaho. This was one of many hate crimes perpetrated against Asian immigrants in the American West during this period.
The Naval engagement of Tsushima, starts on May 27, 1905, during the Russo-Japanese War resulting in the final, crushing defeat of the Russian navy in that conflict. The Japanese ships were superior in speed and armament and sunk two-thirds of the Russian Fleet and captured six ships during the two-day battle. More
Battle of Tsushima, 1905, a painting by Tōjō Shōtarō. Public domain. Via Wikimedia
The San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge is opened to the public for the first time, on May 27, 1937, for “Pedestrian Day". 200,000 people strolled across the bridge to celebrate the grand opening. The next day the bridge was opened to car traffic. More
The MS St. Louis in route from Hamburg, Germany, with 937 refugees from Germany fleeing, Nazi persecution, arrived at Havana Cuba, on May 27, 1939, where only 28 people were allowed to disembark, turning away the rest. Appeals to the United States and Canada for entry were denied; forcing the ship to sail back to Europe, where the refugees, most of whom were Jews, were distributed among several countries including Great Britain and France.