Editing March 27 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] becomes [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|King of England, Scotland and Ireland]] as well as claiming the title [[English claims to the French throne|King of France]].
*[[1638]] &ndash; The first of four destructive [[1638 Calabrian earthquakes|Calabrian earthquakes]] strikes [[southern Italy]]. Measuring magnitude 6.8 and assigned a [[Modified Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of XI, it kills 10,000–30,000 people.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Catastrophic 1638 earthquakes in Calabria (southern Italy): New insights from paleoseismological investigation|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth|last1=Bosi|first1=Vittorio|volume=108|pages=ETG 1-1-ETG 1-20|last2=Galli|first2=Paolo|publisher=American Geophysical Union|issue=B1|doi=10.1029/2001JB001713|year=2003|bibcode=2003JGRB..108.2004G|s2cid=55937014 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[1782]] &ndash; The [[Second Rockingham ministry]] assumes office in [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] and begins negotiations to end the [[American Revolutionary War|American War of Independence]].
*[[1794]] &ndash; The [[Federal government of the United States|United States Government]] establishes a permanent [[United States Navy|navy]] and authorizes the building of [[Original six frigates of the United States Navy|six frigates]].
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Peninsular War]]: A combined [[First French Empire|Franco]]-[[Duchy of Warsaw|Polish]] force defeats the Spanish in the [[Battle of Ciudad Real]].
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: In central [[Alabama]], U.S. forces under General [[Andrew Jackson]] defeat the [[Creek (people)|Creek]] at the [[Battle of Horseshoe Bend (1814)|Battle of Horseshoe Bend]].
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Texas Revolution]]: On the orders of General [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]], the [[Mexican Army]] [[Goliad massacre|massacres]] 342 [[Texian Army]] POWs at [[Goliad, Texas]].
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|President of the United States of America]] [[Andrew Johnson]] vetoes the [[Civil Rights Act of 1866]]. His veto is overridden by [[United States Congress|Congress]] and the bill passes into law on April 9. 
*[[1871]] &ndash; The [[1871 England versus Scotland rugby union match|first]] international [[rugby football]] match, when [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] defeats [[England national rugby union team|England]] in [[Edinburgh]] at [[Raeburn Place]].
*[[1884]] &ndash; A mob in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]], United States attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of [[manslaughter]] in what was seen as a clear case of [[murder]]; over the next few days the mob would [[Cincinnati riots of 1884|riot and burn down the courthouse]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kwasny|first=Mark V.|title=A Test for the Ohio National Guard: The Cincinnati Riot of 1884|journal=Ohio History|volume=98|date=Winter–Spring 1989|pages=25, 27–35}}</ref>
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Geronimo]], [[Apache]] warrior, surrenders to the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]], ending the main phase of the [[Apache Wars]].
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Emilio Aguinaldo]] leads [[Philippine Revolutionary Army|Filipino forces]] for the only time during the [[Philippine–American War]] at the [[Battle of Marilao River]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Urwin | first = Gregory | title = The United States infantry: an illustrated history, 1775-1918 | publisher = University of Oklahoma Press | location = Norman, Okla | year = 2000 | isbn = 9780806132174 | page=144}}</ref>