Editing August 27 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1689]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Nerchinsk]] is signed by [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]] and the [[Qing Empire]] ([[Julian calendar]]).
*[[1776]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: Members of the [[1st Maryland Regiment]] repeatedly charged a numerically superior British force during the [[Battle of Long Island]], allowing [[George Washington|General Washington]] and the rest of the American troops to escape.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Precious Hour in American History The Maryland 400 at Long Island |url=http://www.mdva.state.md.us/MMMC/md400.html |website=www.mdva.state.md.us |publisher=Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs |access-date=March 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305134522/http://www.mdva.state.md.us/MMMC/md400.html |archive-date=March 5, 2012 |quote=...and the heroic stand and counter attack by the members of the Maryland 400 is still recognized as the State's major contribution to the struggle for independence. ... only ten (including Major Gist) of the 250 heroic Marylanders in his gallant counter-attack force had returned.|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: [[Frederick William II of Prussia]] and [[Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor]], issue the [[Declaration of Pillnitz]], declaring the joint support of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and [[Prussia]] for the [[Kingdom of France|French monarchy]], agitating the French revolutionaries and contributing to the outbreak of the [[War of the First Coalition]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Browning |first=Oscar |date=1897 |title=The Conference of Pillnitz |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3678218 |journal=Transactions of the Royal Historical Society |volume=11 |pages=133–138 |doi=10.2307/3678218 |jstor=3678218 |s2cid=179001356 }}</ref>
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: The city of [[Toulon]] revolts against the [[French First Republic|French Republic]] and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize [[Military port of Toulon|its port]], leading to the [[Siege of Toulon]] by [[French Revolutionary Army|French Revolutionary forces]].
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Wolfe Tone]]'s [[Society of United Irishmen|United Irish]] and [[French Revolutionary Army|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 client republic|French puppet]] [[Republic of Connacht]].
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The French Navy [[Battle of Grand Port|defeats]] the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of [[Grand Port District|Grand Port]] on [[Mauritius|Île de France]].
*[[1813]] &ndash; French Emperor [[Napoleon I]] defeats a larger force of [[Austrian Empire|Austria]]ns, [[Russian Empire|Russia]]ns, and [[Prussia]]ns at the [[Battle of Dresden]].
*[[1828]] &ndash; Brazil and Argentina recognize the sovereignty of Uruguay in the [[Treaty of Montevideo (1828)|Treaty of Montevideo]].
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Black Hawk (Sauk leader)|Black Hawk]], leader of the [[Sauk people|Sauk]] tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities, ending the [[Black Hawk War]].
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Petroleum]] is discovered in [[Titusville, Pennsylvania]], leading to the world's first commercially successful [[oil well]].
*[[1881]] &ndash; The [[1881 Atlantic hurricane season#Hurricane Five|Georgia hurricane]] makes landfall near [[Savannah, Georgia]], resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[1883 eruption of Krakatoa|Eruption of Krakatoa]]: Four enormous explosions almost completely destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
*[[1893]] &ndash; The [[1893 Sea Islands hurricane|Sea Islands hurricane]] strikes the United States near [[Savannah, Georgia]], killing between 1,000 and 2,000 people.
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)|Japanese invasion of Taiwan]]: [[Battle of Baguashan]]: The [[Empire of Japan]] decisively defeats a smaller [[Republic of Formosa|Formosan]] army at [[Changhua]], crippling the short-lived [[Republic of Formosa]] and leading to its surrender two months later.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Davidson |first1=James W. |author-link=James W. Davidson |title=The Island of Formosa, Past and Present: History, people, resources, and commercial prospects: Tea, camphor, sugar, gold, coal, sulphur, economical plants, and other productions |year=1903 |publisher=Macmillan |pages=334–339 |url=https://archive.org/details/islandofformosap00davi |location=London and New York |ol=6931635M |oclc=1887893 }}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Zanzibar War]]: The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and [[Zanzibar]].