Editing February 27 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[380]] &ndash; [[Edict of Thessalonica]]: Emperor [[Theodosius I]] and his co-emperors [[Gratian]] and [[Valentinian II]] declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to [[Nicene Christianity]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The London Quarterly and Holborn Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQcaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA359|year=1873|pages=359|access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191837/https://books.google.com/books?id=WQcaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA359|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[425]] &ndash; The [[University of Constantinople]] is founded by Emperor [[Theodosius II]] at the urging of his wife [[Aelia Eudocia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles William Previté-Orton|title=The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History: The later Roman empire to the twelfth century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UsvRAAAAMAAJ|year=1953|publisher=University Press|page=106|access-date=2021-02-27|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191838/https://books.google.com/books?id=UsvRAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[907]] &ndash; [[Abaoji]], chieftain of the Yila tribe, is named [[khagan]] of the [[Khitan people|Khitans]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wittfogel|first1=Karl August|last2=Fêng|first2=Chia-shêng|title=History of Chinese Society: Liao, 907–1125|location=Philadelphia|publisher=American Philosophical Society|year=1949|oclc=412297|pages=600–601}}</ref>
*[[1560]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Berwick (1560)|Treaty of Berwick]] is signed by [[England]] and the [[Lords of the Congregation]] of [[Scotland]], establishing the terms under which English armed forces were to be permitted in Scotland in order to expel occupying [[France|French]] troops.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stedall|first=Robert|title=Mary Queen of Scots' Secretary: William Maitland: Politician, Reformer and Conspirator|location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, UK|publisher=Pen et Sword History|date=2021|isbn=9781526787798|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VKMeEAAAQBAJ|pages=22–23}}</ref>
*[[1594]] &ndash; [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]] is crowned [[List of French monarchs|King]] of [[France]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Holt|first=Mack P.|title=The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629|location=New York|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=1995|isbn=9780521353595|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dUBQKCEhylIC|page=159}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1617]] &ndash; [[Sweden]] and the [[Tsardom of Russia]] sign the [[Treaty of Stolbovo]], ending the [[Ingrian War]] and shutting Russia out of the [[Baltic Sea]].<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Stolbovo, Treaty of|title=Encyclopedia of Russian History. Vol. 4: S — Z|editor-last=Millar|editor-first=James R.|location=New York|publisher=Macmillan Reference|date=2003|isbn=9780028656939|page=1485}}</ref>
*[[1626]] &ndash; [[Yuan Chonghuan]] is appointed Governor of [[Liaodong]], after leading the Chinese into a great victory against the [[Manchuria]]ns under [[Nurhaci]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=George A.|chapter=Yuan, Chonghuan|title=Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period (1644-1911/2)|editor-last=Hummel|editor-first=Arthur W.|location=Great Barrington, Mass.|publisher=Berkshire Publishing Group|date=2017|isbn=9781614728504|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Ge9DwAAQBAJ|page=822}}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The [[Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge]] in [[North Carolina]] breaks up a [[Loyalist (American Revolution)|Loyalist]] militia.
*[[1782]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: The [[House of Commons of Great Britain]] votes [[American Revolutionary War#North Ministry collapses|against further war in America]].
*[[1801]] &ndash; Pursuant to the [[District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801]], [[Washington, D.C.]] is placed under the jurisdiction of the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]].
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Action of 27 February 1809]]: Captain [[Bernard Dubourdieu]] captures [[HMS Proserpine (1807)|HMS ''Proserpine'']].
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Argentine War of Independence]]: [[Manuel Belgrano]] raises the [[Flag of Argentina]] in the city of [[Rosario]] for the first time.
*  1812   &ndash; Poet [[Lord Byron]] gives his first address as a member of the [[House of Lords]], in defense of [[Luddite]] violence against [[Industrialism]] in his home county of [[Nottinghamshire]].
*[[1844]] &ndash; The [[Dominican Republic]] gains independence from [[Haiti]].
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[United States House of Representatives|United States representative]] [[Daniel Sickles]], after learning of an affair between his wife and Attorney General [[Philip Barton Key II]], [[Trial of Daniel Sickles#Murder|murders]] him in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Heather |date=2022-09-14 |title=Murder in Lafayette Square {{!}} Headlines & Heroes |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/09/murder-in-lafayette-square/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=The Library of Congress}}</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Abraham Lincoln]] makes a [[Cooper Union speech|speech]] at [[Cooper Union]] in the city of New York that plays an important role in his election to the Presidency.
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The first [[Union (American Civil War)|Northern]] prisoners arrive at the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Andersonville Prison|prison]] at [[Andersonville, Georgia]].
*[[1870]] &ndash; The current [[flag of Japan]] is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[First Boer War]]: The [[Battle of Majuba Hill]] takes place.
*[[1898]] &ndash; King [[George I of Greece]] survives an assassination attempt.
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Second Boer War]]: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from [[Boer]] General [[Piet Cronjé]] at the [[Battle of Paardeberg]].
*  1900   &ndash; The [[Labour Party (UK)|British Labour Party]] is founded.
*  1900   &ndash; [[FC Bayern Munich|Fußball-Club Bayern München]] is founded.

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Second Boer War]]: Australian soldiers [[Breaker Morant|Harry "Breaker" Morant]] and [[Peter Handcock]] are executed in [[Pretoria]] after being convicted of [[Court martial of Breaker Morant|war crimes]].
*[[1916]] &ndash; Ocean liner ''[[SS Maloja]]'' strikes a mine near [[Dover]] and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.<ref name=Maloja>{{cite web |url=http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/3851.html |title=Maloja |publisher=Uboat.net |access-date=20 November 2012 |archive-date=15 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615223614/http://uboat.net/wwi/ships_hit/3851.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; The [[International Working Union of Socialist Parties]] is founded in [[Vienna]].
*[[1922]] &ndash; 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]]''.
*[[1932]] &ndash; The [[Mäntsälä rebellion]] begins when members of the far-right [[Lapua Movement]] start shooting at the social democrats' event in [[Mäntsälä|Mäntsälä, Finland]].<ref>Iltalehti Teema Historia: ''Lapuan liike'', Alma Media, 2015, pp. 4–7. (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Reichstag fire]]: [[Weimar Republic|Germany]]'s parliament building in Berlin, the [[Reichstag (building)|Reichstag]], is set on fire; [[Marinus van der Lubbe]], a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[United States labor law]]: The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules in ''[[NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp.]]'' that the [[National Labor Relations Board]] has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in [[Sitdown strike|sit-down strikes]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gross|first=James A.|title=The Reshaping of the National Labor Relations Board: National Labor Policy in Transition, 1937-1947|location=Albany, N.Y.|publisher=State University of New York Press|date=1981|isbn=9780873955164|pages=83–84|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCTOvFU2n7sC|access-date=2020-02-27|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191839/https://books.google.com/books?id=LCTOvFU2n7sC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Martin Kamen]] and [[Sam Ruben]] discover [[carbon-14]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: During the [[Battle of the Java Sea]], an [[American-British-Dutch-Australian Command|Allied]] strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the [[Java Sea]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; The [[Smith Mine disaster|Smith Mine #3]] in [[Bearcreek, Montana]], explodes, killing 74 men.
*  1943   &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: In [[Berlin]], the [[Gestapo]] arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the [[Rosenstrasse protest]].
*[[1951]] &ndash; The [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution]], limiting [[President of the United States|Presidents]] to two terms, is ratified.
*[[1961]] &ndash; The first congress of the [[Spanish Trade Union Organisation]] is inaugurated.
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: Two dissident [[Republic of Vietnam Air Force]] pilots [[1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing|bomb the Independence Palace]] in [[Saigon]] in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President [[Ngô Đình Diệm]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; The [[Dominican Republic]] receives its first democratically elected president, [[Juan Bosch (politician)|Juan Bosch]], since the end of the dictatorship led by [[Rafael Trujillo]].
*[[1964]] &ndash; The [[Government of Italy]] asks for help to keep the [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]] from toppling over.
*[[1971]] &ndash; Doctors in the first Dutch [[abortion clinic]] (the Mildredhuis in [[Arnhem]]) start performing artificially-induced abortions.
*[[1973]] &ndash; The [[American Indian Movement]] occupies [[Wounded Knee, South Dakota|Wounded Knee]] in protest of the [[Wounded Knee incident|federal government]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oPlNcHQUvSAC&pg=PA105|title=It Seemed Like Nothing Happened: America in the 1970s|last=Carroll|first=Peter N.|date=1990|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-1538-0|page=105|access-date=2018-12-18|archive-date=2022-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214191840/https://books.google.com/books?id=oPlNcHQUvSAC&pg=PA105|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; The former Spanish territory of [[Western Sahara]], under the auspices of the [[Polisario Front]] declares independence as the [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Sumgait pogrom]]: The [[Armenians|Armenian]] community in [[Sumgait|Sumgait, Azerbaijan]] is targeted in a violent pogrom.
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Gulf War]]: U.S. President [[George H. W. Bush]] announces that "[[Kuwait]] is liberated".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosenthal |first=Andrew |date=1991-02-28 |title=War in the Gulf: Bush Halts Offensive Combat; Kuwait Freed, Iraqis Crushed |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/28/world/war-in-the-gulf-bush-halts-offensive-combat-kuwait-freed-iraqis.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Loganair Flight 670A]] crashes while attempting to make a [[water landing]] in the [[Firth of Forth]] in [[Scotland]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Shorts 360-100 G-BNMT Granton Harbour|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010227-0|access-date=2021-02-26|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-date=2021-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519061221/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010227-0|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Ryanair Flight 296]] catches fire at [[London Stansted Airport]] causing minor injuries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Frank |date=28 February 2002 |title=Engine fire on Ryanair jet forces passengers to evacuate |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/engine-fire-on-ryanair-jet-forces-passengers-to-evacuate-26060161.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=independent |language=en}}</ref>
*  2002   &ndash; [[Godhra train burning]]: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from [[Ayodhya]], killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Death-for-11-life-sentence-for-20-in-Godhra-train-burning-case/articleshow/7600059.cms |title=Death for 11, life sentence for 20 in Godhra train burning case |date=1 March 2011 |access-date=12 February 2021 |archive-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708181940/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-01/india/28643060_1_haji-billa-godhra-train-rajjak-kurkur |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Godhra verdict: 31 convicted, 63 acquitted |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/godhra-verdict-31-convicted-63-acquitted-448265 |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; A bombing of a [[Superferry 14|SuperFerry]] by [[Abu Sayyaf]] in the [[Philippines]]' worst terrorist attack kills more than 100 passengers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-11-25 |title=Surge in piracy raises concerns over maritime terrorism |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/world/asia/25iht-pirates.1.18133159.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  2004   &ndash; [[Shoko Asahara]], the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult [[Aum Shinrikyo]], is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 [[Tokyo subway sarin attack]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2004-02-27 |title=Death sentence for Tokyo gas attack leader |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/feb/27/japan |access-date=2023-02-26 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Chinese stock bubble of 2007]]: The [[Shanghai Stock Exchange]] falls 9%, the largest daily fall in ten years, following speculation about a crackdown on illegal share offerings and trading, and fears about accelerating inflation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6399941.stm |title=Business &#124; Share sale knocks Chinese market |work=BBC News |date=2007-02-27 |access-date=2012-06-06 |archive-date=2007-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310032537/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6399941.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Jemaah Islamiyah]] terrorist [[Mas Selamat Kastari]] escapes from a detention center in Singapore, hiding in [[Johor]], Malaysia until he was recaptured over a year later.<ref name="CNA1">{{cite news |date=27 February 2008 |title=JI detainee Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from Singapore detention centre |publisher=Channel NewsAsia |url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/331477/1/.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080307191435/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/331477/1/.html |archive-date=7 March 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Breaking News |newspaper=The Straits Times |url=http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_373899.html |url-status=live |access-date=30 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515152703/http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_373899.html |archive-date=15 May 2009}}</ref> 
*[[2010]] &ndash; An [[2010 Chile earthquake|earthquake]] measuring 8.8 on the [[moment magnitude scale]] strikes central parts of [[Chile]] leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[2013 Menznau shooting|A shooting]] takes place at a factory in [[Menznau]], Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-05 |title=Death toll from Swiss Menznau shooting rises to five |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/death-toll-from-swiss-menznau-shooting-rises-to-five-8561521.html |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; Russian politician [[Boris Nemtsov]] is [[Assassination of Boris Nemtsov|assassinated]] in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/03/europe/russia-nemtsov-girlfriend-duritskaya/|title=Anna Duritskaya: Model girlfriend who witnessed Boris Nemtsov's slaying|work=[[CNN]]|date=3 March 2015|access-date=14 March 2016|archive-date=14 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314170852/http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/03/europe/russia-nemtsov-girlfriend-duritskaya/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Pakistan Air Force]] [[JF-17 Thunder]] downs Indian pilot [[Abhinandan Varthaman]]'s [[Mig-21]] in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting [[2019 Jammu and Kashmir airstrikes|airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistan-marks-anniversary-of-day-it-downed-indian-jet/2159313|title=Pakistan marks anniversary of day it downed Indian jet|access-date=2021-03-22|archive-date=2021-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227171947/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistan-marks-anniversary-of-day-it-downed-indian-jet/2159313|url-status=live}}</ref>