March 27

Events
Up to 1900
47 BC - The Relocation of Power of Cleopatra VII with help Roman dictator Julius Caesar in Egypt.
1306 - Robert I of Scotland and Elizabeth de Burgh are crowned King and Queen of the Scots.
1513 - (not 1512 as often cited) - Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sights North America (specifically Florida) for the first time, mistaking it for another island.
1625 - Charles I becomes King of England and Scotland.
1782 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
1794 - The government of the United States establishes a permanent United States Navy and authorizes the building of six sailing frigates.
1794 - Denmark and Sweden form a neutrality compact.
1814 - War of 1812: In central Alabama, United States forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
1836 - Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre - Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texans at Goliad, Texas.
1846 - Mexican-American War: Siege of Fort Texas.
1851 - First reported case of Europeans seeing Yosemite Valley.
1854 - Crimean War: The United Kingdom declares war on Russia.
1871 - The first international rugby football match, Scotland v. England, is played in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
1886 - Apache warrior Geronimo surrenders to the United States Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
1890 - A tornado hits Louisville, Kentucky, killing 76 people.
1899 - Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time in the Philippine-American War.
1901 2000
1910 - A fire at a barn-dance in Hungary kills 312 people.
1915 - Mary Mallon, known as Typhoid Mary, is quarantined for the rest of her life.
1918 - Moldova and Bessarabia join Romania.
1923 - FART construction completed.
1941 - Britain supports Peter II of Yugoslavia in a coup in Yugoslavia.
1942 - World War II: United Kingdom forces raid the U-boat base at St. Nazaire, France.
1945 - World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins.
1952 - Sun Records begins operations.
1958 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes Premier of the Soviet Union.
1963 - Dr Beeching issues a report calling for huge cuts to the United Kingdom's rail network. See Beeching axe.
1964 - The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
1969 - Mariner 7 is launched.
1975 - Building work on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline begins in Alaska.
1976 - The first 4.6 miles of the Washington, DC subway system is opened.
1977 - Tenerife disaster: Two jumbo jets collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583.
1980 - The Norwegian oil platform Alexander Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
1981 - The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a "warning strike", as 12 million workers walk out for 4 hours.
1984 - The musical Starlight Express is first performed in London.
1986 - Car bomb explodes at Russell Street Police HQ in Melbourne, killing 1 police officer.
1988 - Moudud Ahmed becomes Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
1989 - Generations, the first American soap opera to have an entire black family in its original core cast, commences telecasts on NBC.
1990 - Propaganda: The United States begins broadcasting TV Marti to Cuba.
1993 - Jiang Zemin is appointed President of the People's Republic of China.
1993 - Albert Zafy becomes President of Madagascar.
1993 - Mahamane Ousmane becomes President of Niger.
1994 - One of the biggest tornado outbreaks in recent memory hits the Southeastern United States. One tornado slams into a church in Piedmont, Alabama during Palm Sunday services killing 20 and injuring 90.
1995 - Forrest Gump wins six awards at the 67th Academy Awards.
1996 - Yigal Amir is sentenced to life in prison for murdering Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
From 2001
2002 - Passover Massacre: A suicide bomber kills 28 people in Netanya, Israel.
2002 - Nanterre Massacre: In Nanterre, France, a gunman opens fire on councilors at the end of a town council meeting, killing 8 councilors and injuring 19.
2003 - An explosion in the Nitrochimie dynamite factory in Billy-Berclau, France, kills 4 people.
2004 - HMS Scylla, a decommissioned Leander frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
2006 - The United Nations Commission on Human Rights holds its final meeting.
2008 - Geert Wilders releases a movie called Fitna. The next days protests were held by people in the Middle East.
2009 - The Situ Gintung Dam breaks in Indonesia, leading to at least 99 deaths.
2009 - A suicide bomber kills at least 48 people at a mosque in Khyber Agency, Pakistan.
2016 - A bomb attack on people celebrating Easter in Lahore, Pakistan, kills over 70 people.
Births
Up to 1800
45 - Statius, Roman poet (d. 96)
765- Harun al-Rashid, Abbasid Caliph (d. 809)
972 - Robert II of France (d. 1031)
1123 - Emperor Shizong of Jin (d. 1189)
1196 - Sviatoslav III of Vladimir (d. 1252)
1306 - Philip III of Navarre (d. 1343)
1416 - Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian organist and composer (d. 1480)
1416 - Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint (d. 1507)
1679 - Domenico Lalli, Italian poet and librettist (d. 1741)
1702 - Johann Ernst Eberlin, German organist and composer (d. 1762)
1710 - Joseph Abaco, Belgian cellist and composer (d. 1805)
1714 - Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian historian and theologian (d. 1795)
1753 - Edward Pigott, British astronomer (d. 1825)
1761 - James Sykes, 14th Governor of Delaware (d. 1822)
1765 - Franz Xaver von Baader, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1841)
1767 - Charles Didelot, Swedish-French dancer and choreographer (d. 1837)
1785 - King Louis XVII of France (d. 1795)
1801 1900
1802 - Charles-Mathias Simons, 3rd Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1874)
1809 - Georges-Eugene Haussmann, French civic engineer (d. 1891)
1809 - Jean-Louis Beaudry, 11th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1886)
1813 - Nathaniel Currier, American illustrator (d. 1888)
1813 - David Monro, Scottish-New Zealand physician and politician (d. 1877)
1817 - Karl Wilhelm von Nageli, Swiss botanist and biologist (d. 1891)
1822 - Henri Murger, French author and poet (d. 1861)
1824 - Virginia Minor, American activist (d. 1894)
1827 - Ernesto Rossi, Italian actor and playwright (d. 1896)
1839 - John Ballance, 14th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1893)
1845 - Wilhelm Rontgen, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)
1847 - Otto Wallach, German chemist (d. 1931)
1849 - Carlo Dossi, Italian author and diplomat (d. 1910)
1854 - Georges Eekhoud, novelist (d. 1927)
1857 - Karl Pearson, British mathematician (d. 1936)
1861 - Nikolay Demyanov, Russian chemist (d. 1938)
1863 - Henry Royce, English automobile pioneer (d. 1933)
1865 - Alessandro Verde, Italian cardinal (d. 1958)
1866 - John Allan, Australian politician, 29th Premier of Victoria (d. 1936)
1869 - James McNeill, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State (d. 1938)
1869 - Walter Dohm, American runner (d. 1894)
1871 - Heinrich Mann, German writer (d. 1950)
1873 - Christophorus III, Georgian Patriarch (d. 1932)
1874 - Andres de Segurola, Spanish bass (d. 1953)
1876 - Ermenegildo Pellegrinetti, Italian cardinal (d. 1943)
1879 - Edward Steichen, Luxembourg-American photographer (d. 1973)
1879 - Sandor Garbai, 19th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1947)
1885 - Julio Lozano Diaz, 40th President of Honduras (d. 1957)
1886 - Sergey Kirov, Soviet politician (d. 1934)
1886 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (d. 1969)
1891 - Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian playwright and writer (d. 1974)
1893 - Karl Mannheim, Hungarian sociologist and philosopher(d. 1947)
1894 - Soeprapto, Indonesian lawyer and judge (d. 1964)
1898 - Alma Tell, American stage and movie actress (d. 1937)
1898 - Titina De Filippo, Italian actress (d. 1963)
1898 - Maria Rasputin, daughter of Grigori Rasputin (d. 1977)
1899 - Gloria Swanson, American actress (d. 1983)
1900 - Arleigh Winston Scott, Governor-General of Barbados (d. 1976)
1901 1950
1901 - Carl Barks, American cartoonist and screenwriter (d. 2000)
1901 - Erich Ollenhauer, German publicist, historian and writer (d. 1963)
1901 - Eisaku Sato, Japanese statesman, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1975)
1901 - Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet (d. 1971)
1903 - Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican dramatist (d. 1950)
1905 - Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, German military officer and Resistance activist (d. 1980)
1906 - Pee Wee Russell, American clarinet player and songwriter (d. 1969)
1909 - Golo Mann, German writer, historian and publicist (d. 1994)
1912 - James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2005)
1913 - Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer (d. 1945)
1914 - Budd Schulberg, American screenwriter (d. 2009)
1915 - Bernardo Poli, Italian footballer (d. 1944)
1915 - Wang Daohan, Chinese politician, Mayor of Shanghai (d. 2005)
1917 - Cyrus Vance, 57th United States Secretary of State (d. 2002)
1920 - Richard Hayman, American musician and conductor (d. 2014)
1921 - Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (d. 2000)
1921 - Fred Foy, American radio and television presenter (d. 2010)
1922 - Dick King-Smith, British writer (d. 2011)
1923 - Lorenzo Semple Jr., American screenwriter (d. 2014)
1924 - Sarah Vaughan, American jazz singer and pianist (d. 1990)
1925 - Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, English farmer and politician
1927 - Mstislav Rostropovich, Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007)
1930 - Daniel Spoerri, Romanian-Swiss artist, writer and director
1931 - Stephen Reinhardt, American judge (d. 2018)
1932 - Roberto Farias, Brazilian screenwriter and director
1932 - Bailey Olter, 3rd President of the Federated States of Micronesia (d. 1999)
1934 - Peter Schamoni, German movie director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2011)
1934 - Jutta Limbach, German jurist and politician (d. 2016)
1934 - Ioannis Paleokrassas, Greek politician
1935 - Lars Andreas Larssen, Norwegian actor (d. 2014)
1937 - Thomas Aquinas Daly, American painter
1937 - Alan Hawkshaw, English keyboardist and songwriter
1941 - Liese Prokop, Austrian politician (d. 2006)
1941 - Ivan Gasparovic, former President of Slovakia
1942 - John E. Sulston, British chemist (d. 2018)
1942 - Michael York, British actor
1944 - Enrique Baron Crespo, Spanish politician
1944 - Miguel Enriquez, Chilean physician and activist (d. 1974)
1944 - Lydia Yu-Jose, Filipino political scientist (d. 2014)
1945 - Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress (d. 2004)
1945 - Harry Rowohlt, German writer (d. 2015)
1946 - Olaf Malolepski, German musician
1946 - Michael Aris, British psychologist and writer, husband of Aung San Suu Kyi (d. 1999)
1947 - Aleksandr Viktorenko, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut
1947 - Daphne Todd, English painter
1947 - John Mayhew, English-American musician (Genesis) (d. 2009)
1950 - Tony Banks, British musician (Genesis)
1950 - Julia Alvarez, Dominican-American poet and novelist
1951 1975
1952 - Maria Schneider, French actress (d. 2011)
1953 - Gabriele Gatti, Sammarinese politician
1955 - Mariano Rajoy, Prime Minister of Spain
1955 - Christian Sarron, French motorcycle racer
1958 - Peter Howson, Scottish painter
1960 - Renato Russo, Brazilian rock singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
1961 - Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist and songwriter (B'z)
1962 - John O'Farrell, English writer and broadcaster
1963 - Quentin Tarantino, American director, writer, and producer
1963 - Xuxa, Brazilian actress and singer
1964 - Clive Rowe, English actor
1964 - Ann Sidney, English actress and television host
1967 - Anthony Thornton, New Zealand field hockey player
1967 - Talisa Soto, American actress and model
1968 - Isabelle Tuchband, French-Brazilian sculptor and painter
1969 - Gianluigi Lentini, Italian footballer
1969 - Mariah Carey, American singer-songwriter
1970 - Derek Aucoin, Canadian baseball player
1970 - Jarrod McCracken, New Zealand rugby player
1971 - Matthew Pegg, English bass player and songwriter (Procol Harum)
1971 - David Coulthard, Scottish racing driver and sports commentator (BBC)
1971 - Leila Pahlavi, Iranian princess (d. 2001)
1972 - Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer
1972 - Charlie Haas, American professional wrestler
1973 - Rui Jorge, Portuguese footballer
1973 - Ade Adepitan, British basketball player
1974 - Gaizka Mendieta, Spanish footballer
1975 - Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson, American musician (Black Eyed Peas)
From 1976
1976 - Danny Fortson, American basketball player
1977 - Noname Jane, American pornographic actress
1979 - Lee Ji-hoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
1979 - Denis Golovanov, Russian tennis player
1980 - Cesare Cremonini, Italian singer-songwriter and actor
1981 - Cacau, Brazilian-German footballer
1981 - JJ Lin, Chinese singer-songwriter and actor
1981 - Brian Miner, American comedian
1982 - Tracy Phillips, American actress, dancer and choreographer
1984 - Adam Ashley-Cooper, Australian rugby player
1984 - Brett Holman, Australian footballer
1985 - Oren Eizenman, Israeli-Canadian ice hockey player
1986 - Manuel Neuer, German footballer
1987 - Chad Denny, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 - Lene Egeli, Norwegian model
1987 - Polina Gagarina, Russian singer
1988 - Jessie J, English singer
1988 - Brenda Song, American actress
1988 - Atsuto Uchida, Japanese footballer
1990 - Kimbra, New Zealand singer-songwriter
1990 - Joselu, German-Spanish footballer
1991 - Shayne Whittington, American basketball player
1993 - Matt Hobden, English cricketer (d. 2016)
1997 - Princess Sara bint Al Faisal of Jordan
1997 - Princess Aisha bint Al Faisal of Jordan
1997 - Lisa Manoban, member of Kpop girl group Blackpink
2000 - Sophie Nelisse, Canadian actress
2004 - Amira Willighagen, Dutch singer
2006 - Josh Mayer,YouTuber
2006 - Jean Victor,Streamer
Deaths
Up to 1900
710 - Rupert of Salzburg, Austrian saint (b. 660)
1191 - Pope Clement III (b. 1130)
1350 - Alfonso XI of Castile (b. 1312)
1378 - Pope Gregory XI (b. 1336)
1462 - Vasili II of Russia (b. 1415)
1482 - Mary of Burgundy (b. 1457)
1615 - Margaret of Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553)
1625 - King James I of England and Ireland, James VI of Scotland (b. 1566)
1676 - Bernardino de Rebolledo, Spanish poet, soldier and diplomat (b. 1597)
1714 - Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Queen of Denmark (b. 1650)
1737 - Vakhtang VI of Kartli, Georgian King (b. 1675)
1745 - Tommaso Crudeli, Italian free thinker, poet and lawyer (b. 1702)
1840 - Philipp Albert Stapfer, Swiss philosopher and politician (b. 1786)
1844 - Dmitry Golitsyn, Russian-French general, statesman and writer (b. 1771)
1849 - Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, 35th Governor General of Canada (b. 1776)
1850 - Wilhelm Beer, German astronomer (b. 1797)
1867 - Prideaux John Selby, English ornithologist, botanist and artist (b. 1788)
1869 - James Harper, American politician, 69th Mayor of New York City (b. 1795)
1875 - Juan Crisostomo Torrico, President of Peru (b. 1808)
1878 - George Gilbert Scott, English architect (b. 1811)
1898 - Sir Syed Ahmed Khan Bahadur, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1817)
1901 2000
1910 - Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, Swiss-American scientist and engineer (b. 1835)
1918 - Henry Adams, American historian (b. 1838)
1921 - Harry Barron, 16th Governor of Western Australia (b. 1847)
1923 - James Dewar, Scottish chemist (b. 1842)
1926 - Georges Vezina, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
1931 - Arnold Bennett, British novelist (b. 1867)
1934 - Francis William Reitz, South African politician, 5th President of the Orange Free State (b. 1844)
1940 - Michael Joseph Savage, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872)
1947 - Edith Craig, English actress, director, producer and fashion designer (b. 1869)
1952 - Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese industrialist (b. 1894)
1954 - Walter M. Pierce, American politician, 17th Governor of Oregon (b. 1861)
1958 - Leon C. Phillips, American politician, 11th Governor of Oklahoma (b. 1890)
1967 - Jaroslav Heyrovsky, Czech chemist (b. 1890)
1968 - Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1934)
1968 - Vladimir Seryogin, Russian pilot (b. 1922)
1969 - Antonio Pigliaru, Italian jurist and philosopher (b. 1922)
1971 - Albin Grau, German architect, occultist, production designer, artist and producer (b. 1884)
1972 - M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (b. 1898)
1974 - Eduardo Santos, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1888)
1975 - Arthur Bliss, English conductor and composer (b. 1891)
1981 - Mao Dun, Chinese journalist, author and critic (b. 1895)
1982 - Betty Schade, German-American actress (b. 1895)
1988 - Renato Salvatori, Italian actor (b. 1934)
1993 - Kamal Hassan Ali, Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1921)
1993 - Clifford Jordan, American saxophonist (b. 1931)
1997 - Layne Dwinell, American politician, 69th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1906)
1998 - Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, Austrian technician and automobile designer (b. 1909)
1999 - Michael Aris, British academic and husband of Aung San Suu Kyi (b. 1946)
1999 - Ernestina de Champourcin, Spanish poet (b. 1905)
2000 - Ian Dury, British musician (b. 1942)
From 2001
2002 - Milton Berle, American actor, entertainer and comedian (b. 1908)
2002 - Dudley Moore, British actor (b. 1935)
2002 - Billy Wilder, Austrian-born director (b. 1906)
2006 - Stanislaw Lem, Polish writer (b. 1921)
2007 - Paul Lauterbur, American chemist (b. 1929)
2010 - Dick Giordano, American comic artist (b. 1932)
2010 - Peter Herbolzheimer, German musician (b. 1935)
2010 - Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player (b. 1921)
2010 - Stanley Vann, British church musician (b. 1910)
2011 - Farley Granger, American actor (b. 1925)
2011 - Dorothea Puente, American serial killer (b. 1929)
2012 - Adrienne Rich, American poet and feminist (b. 1929)
2013 - Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1923)
2014 - James R. Schlesinger, American politician (b. 1929)
2014 - Jeffery Dench, English actor (b. 1928)
2014 - Per Lillo-Stenberg, Norwegian actor (b. 1928)
2014 - Richard Nelson Frye, American orientalist and historian (b. 1920)
2014 - Derek Martinus, British television director (b. 1931)
2015 - Olga Syahputra, Indonesian comedian (b. 1983)
2015 - Rod Hundley, American basketball player (b. 1934)
2015 - T. Sailo, Indian politician (b. 1922)
2015 - Amaro Silva, Canadian politician (b. 1957)
2015 - Daundre Barnaby, Jamaican-born Canadian runner (b. 1990)
2015 - B.J. Crosby, American singer and actress (b. 1952)
2015 - Rik Battaglia, Italian actor (b. 1927)
2015 - Yusuf Mohamed Ismail, Somali diplomat (b. 1960)
2016 - Mother Angelica, American nun (b. 1923)
2016 - Alain Decaux, French historian and writer (b. 1925)
2016 - Antoine Demoitie, Belgian cyclist (b. 1990)
2016 - Anatoly Savin, Russian weapons designer (b. 1920)
2016 - Vince Boryla, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
2017 - Arthur Blythe, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1940)
2017 - Arun Sarma, Indian playwright (b. 1931)
2017 - David Storey, English novelist (b. 1933)
2017 - Chelsea Brown, American-Australian actress (b. 1942)
2017 - Armando Nieto, Peruvian Jesuit priest and historian (b. 1931)
2017 - Elizabeth Wagele, American writer and musician (b. 1939)
2018 - Stephane Audran, French actress (b. 1932)
2018 - Victor Kalashnikov, Russian gundesigner (b. 1942)
2018 - Eric McClintock, American businessman (b. 1918)
Observances
World Theatre Day
Armed Forces Day (Burma)
Saint Rupert of Salzburg (Roman Catholicism)
Days of the year