January 27: on this day in history
A few events that happened on January 27. You do not need to know them all; curiosity is enough.
Historical events
- 1302Dante Alighieri, author of 'The Divine Comedy', was exiled from Florence.
- 1695Mustafa II took the Ottoman throne; his reign would be remembered for the Treaty of Karlowitz.
- 1820The Russian expedition led by Bellingshausen and Lazarev sighted Antarctica.
- 1874Mussorgsky's opera 'Boris Godunov', depicting Russian history, was first performed.
- 2010Apple unveiled the iPad, its touchscreen tablet computer, for the first time.
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