📅 Today in HistoryJune 27
Jovian is proclaimed Roman emperor following the death of emperor Julian in the previous night.
The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
In the Battle of Dettingen, George II becomes the last reigning British monarch to participate in a battle.
Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
British forces take Buenos Aires during the first of the British invasions of the River Plate.
Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and his brother Hyrum Smith, are killed by a mob at the Carthage, Illinois jail.
American Civil War: Confederate forces defeat Union forces during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during the Atlanta campaign.
The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
