What are the important events that happened on August 27? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

August 27: Facts & Myths About This Day

August 27 is the 239^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 126 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 14, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,756,252,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatriacontaenneagon’ day.

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 174 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,632 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

August 27 Historical Events

• 1232 –
  The Formulary of Adjudications is promulgated by Regent Hōjō Yasutoki. (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 1232)
• 1593 –
  Pierre Barrière fails in his attempt to assassinate King Henry IV of France.
• 1793 –
  French counter-revolution: the port of Toulon revolts and admits the British fleet, which lands troops and seizes the port leading to Siege of Toulon.
• 1798 –
  Wolfe Tone’s United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connaught.
• 1810 –
  Napoleonic Wars: The French Navy defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.
• 1927 –
  Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, “Does the word ‘Persons’in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?”
• 1971 –
  An attempted coup fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
• 1985 –
  The Nigerian government is peacefully overthrown by Army Chief of Staff Major General Ibrahim Babangida.
• 2003 –
  Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34646418 mi distant.
• 2006 –
  Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky bound for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.

Who were born on August 27?

• 1870 –
  Amado Nervo, Mexican poet (d. 1919)
• 1915 –
  Norman Foster Ramsey, American physicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
• 1916 –
  Tony Harris, South African cricketer (d. 1993)
• 1933 –
  Jenő Hámori, Hungarian fencer
• 1937 –
  Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (d. 2007)
• 1941 –
  János Konrád, Hungarian water polo player and swimmer
• 1955 –
  Laura Fygi, Dutch singer
• 1973 –
  Cory Bowles, Canadian actor
• 1980 –
  Neha Dhupia, Indian model and actress
• 1981 –
  Maxwell Cabelino Andrade, Spanish footballer

Who died on August 27?

• 1748 –
  James Thomson, Scottish poet (b. 1700)
• 1773 –
  Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)
• 1857 –
  Rufus Wilmot Griswold, American literary critic and editor (b. 1815)
• 1871 –
  William Whiting Boardman, American politician (b. 1794)
• 1909 –
  Emil Christian Hansen, Danish fermentation physiologist (b. 1842)
• 1931 –
  Frank Harris, Irish author and editor (b. 1856)
• 1969 –
  Erika Mann, German writer and daughter of Thomas Mann (b. 1905)
• 2003 –
  Pierre Poujade, French politician (b. 1920)
• 2007 –
  Emma Penella, Spanish actress (b. 1930)
• 2008 –
  Mark Priestley, Australian actor (b. 1970)