April 27

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[edit] Events

• 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated by Edward I of England.
• 1813 - War of 1812: United States troops capture the capital of Ontario, York (present day Toronto, Canada).
• 1945 - World War II: The Völkischer Beobachter, the newspaper of the NSDAP, ceases publication.

[edit] Births

• 1737 - Edward Gibbon, English historian (d. 1794)
• 1822 - Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and 18th President of the United States (d. 1885)

[edit] Deaths

• 1521 - Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer (b. 1480)