Today is Wednesday, April 27, the 119th day of 2016. There are 247 days left in the year.
1650 — Scottish General Montrose defeated
1662 — Netherlands & France sign military covenant
1694 — Frederik August I “the Strong” becomes monarch of Saksen
1746 — Battle at Culloden Moor Duke of Cumberland beats “James VIII & III”
1773 — British Parliament passes the Tea Act (eventually leads to Boston Tea Party on Dec. 16)
1805 — U.S. Marines attack shores of Tripoli
1857 — Establishment of Jewish congregations in Lower Austria prohibited
1860 — Thomas J Jackson is assigned to command Harpers Ferry
1861 — President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus
1865 — Cornell University (Ithaca NY) is chartered
1867 — The opera “Romeo et Juliette” is produced (Paris France)
1870 — Heinrich Schliemann discovers Troi