Editing December 27 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Second Northern War]]/the [[Deluge (history)|Deluge]]: Monks at the [[Jasna Góra Monastery]] in [[Częstochowa]] are successful in fending off a [[Siege of Jasna Góra|month-long siege]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Dabrowski|first=Patrice M.|title=Poland: The First Thousand Years|location=DeKalb, Ill.|publisher=Northern Illinois University Press|date=2014|isbn=9780875807560|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PK68DwAAQBAJ|pages=203–204}}</ref>
*[[1657]] &ndash; The [[Flushing Remonstrance]] articulates for the first time in North American history that [[freedom of religion]] is a fundamental right.<ref>{{cite book|last=Haefeli|first=Evan|title=New Netherland and the Dutch Origins of American Religious Liberty|location=Philadelphia|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|date=2012|isbn=9780812244083|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6REAYXK1HmMC|page=169}}</ref>
*[[1703]] &ndash; Portugal and England sign the [[Methuen Treaty]] which allows Portugal to export [[wine]]s to England on favorable trade terms.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ratliff|first=William G.|chapter=Treaty of Methuen|title=Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism|editor-last1=Olson|editor-first1=James Stuart|editor-last2=Shadle|editor-first2=Robert|location=New York|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=1991|isbn=9780313262579|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyqepNdgUWkC|page=620}}</ref>
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: The destruction of the schooner {{USS|Carolina|1812|6}} brings to an end Commodore [[Daniel Patterson (naval officer)|Daniel Patterson]]'s makeshift fleet, which fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to [[Andrew Jackson]]'s victory at the [[Battle of New Orleans]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Helm|first=Glenn E.|chapter=Henley, John Dandridge|title=The Encyclopedia of the War of 1812: A Political, Social, and Military History. Vol. 1: A—K|editor-last=Tucker|editor-first=Spencer C.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2012|isbn=9781851099566|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hVSrJBQYAk8C|pages=338–339}}</ref>
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Charles Darwin]] embarks on [[Second voyage of HMS Beagle|his journey]] aboard {{HMS|Beagle}}, during which he will begin to formulate his theory of [[evolution]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Helm|first=Glenn E.|chapter=''Beagle'', Voyage of (1831-1836)|title=The British Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia. Vol. 2|editor-last=Doyle|editor-first=Mark|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2018|isbn=9781440841972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2fJgDwAAQBAJ|page=4}}</ref>
*[[1836]] &ndash; The worst ever [[Lewes avalanche|avalanche]] in England occurs at [[Lewes]], [[Sussex]], killing eight people.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Watson|first1=Adam|last2=Cameron|first2=Iain|title=Cool Britannia: Snowier Times in 1580-1930 Than Since|location=Rothersthorpe, West Northamptonshire, UK|publisher=Paragon Publishing|date=2010|isbn=9781907611469|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2ISsNcZFNEC|page=51}}</ref>
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Diethyl ether|Ether]] [[anesthetic]] is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in [[Jefferson, Georgia|Jefferson]], Georgia.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Raper|first=Howard R.|title=A Review of the Crawford W. Long Centennial Anniversary Celebrations|journal=Bulletin of the History of Medicine|date=March 1943|page=343|issn=0007-5140|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-IHAQAAMAAJ&q=+%22december+27%22|accessdate=December 27, 2021}}</ref>
*  1845   &ndash; Having coined the phrase "[[manifest destiny]]" the previous July, journalist [[John L. O'Sullivan]] argued in his newspaper ''New York Morning News'' that the United States had the right to claim the entire [[Oregon Country]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Clary|first=David A.|title=Eagles and Empire: The United States, Mexico, and the Struggle for a Continent|location=New York|publisher=Bantam Books|date=2009|isbn=9780553806526|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJasmxZqUBYC|pages=48–49|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Melillo|first=Edward D.|title=Strangers on Familiar Soil: Rediscovering the Chile-California Connection|location=New Haven, Conn.|publisher=Yale University Press|date=2015|isbn=9780300206623|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wjmbCgAAQBAJ|page=78}}</ref>