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

February 27: Facts & Myths About This Day

February 27 is the 58^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 307 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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

When this day started, 1,740,614,400 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 ‘pentacontaoctagon’ day.

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

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 355 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 4,451 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

February 27 Historical Events

• 425 –
  The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.
• 1617 –
  Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
• 1700 –
  The island of New Britain is discovered.
• 1776 –
  American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.
• 1844 –
  The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
• 1900 –
  Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje at the Battle of Paardeberg.
• 1922 –
  A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
• 1942 –
  World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies
• 1971 –
  Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati.
• 2004 –
  The initial version of the John Jay Report, with details about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States, is released.

Who were born on February 27?

• 1831 –
  Hiram Bond Everest, American co-founder of The Vacuum Oil Company (d. 1913)
• 1904 –
  Chick Fullis, American baseball player (d. 1946)
• 1910 –
  Genrikh Gasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (d. 1995)
• 1925 –
  Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (d. 2004)
• 1934 –
  N. Scott Momaday, American writer
• 1962 –
  Grant Show, American actor
• 1963 –
  Pär Nuder, Swedish politician
• 1969 –
  Brad Vander Ark, American musician
• 1983 –
  Hayley Angel Wardle, English actress
• 1989 –
  Shota Shimizu, Japanese musician

Who died on February 27?

• 1699 –
  Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c.1625)
• 1706 –
  John Evelyn, English diarist (b. 1620)
• 1943 –
  Kostis Palamas, Greek poet, twice nominated for the Nobel prize (b. 1859)
• 1964 –
  Orry-Kelly, Australian costume designer (b. 1897)
• 1989 –
  Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer (b. 1897)
• 1993 –
  Lillian Gish, American actress (b. 1893)
• 2002 –
  Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (b. 1918)
• 2003 –
  John Lanchbery, English composer (b. 1923)
• 2006 –
  Linda Smith, British comedian (b. 1958)
• 2008 –
  Myron Cope, American sports broadcaster (b. 1929)