On this day: 27 January

Selected events and births on 27 January, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 98 – Trajan succeeded his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; the Roman Empire reached its maximum extent under his rule. Read more: AD 98 Trajan Nerva
• 945 – The brothers Stephen and Constantine Lekapenos, having deposed their father as Byzantine emperor a few weeks earlier, were themselves overthrown by Constantine VII, their co-emperor. Read more: Stephen Lekapenos Constantine Lekapenos Romanos I Lekapenos
• 1343 – Clement VI issued the papal bull Unigenitus, justifying the power of the pope and the use of indulgences. Read more: Pope Clement VI Papal bull Pope
• 1726 – J. S. Bach led the first performance of Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72, concluding his third Christmas season in Leipzig on the Third Sunday after Epiphany. Read more: Johann Sebastian Bach Alles nur nach Gottes Willen, BWV 72 List of church cantatas by liturgical occasion
• 1785 – The University of Georgia, the oldest state-chartered public university in the United States, was founded. Read more: University of Georgia Oldest public university in the United States
• 1825 – On the advice of John C. Calhoun, President James Monroe asked Congress to organize Indian Territory (map pictured) west of the Mississippi River, laying the groundwork for Indian removal in the United States. Read more: John C. Calhoun James Monroe Indian Territory
• 2003 – The first selections for the United States National Recording Registry were announced by the Library of Congress. Read more: National Recording Registry Library of Congress
• 2011 – Arab Spring: The Yemeni Revolution began as more than 16,000 protesters demonstrated in Sanaa to demand governmental changes. Read more: Arab Spring Yemeni revolution Sanaa
• 2011 – Astronomers documented H1504+65, a white dwarf in Ursa Minor (chart pictured) with the hottest surface temperature known at the time, at 200,000 kelvins (360,000 °F). Read more: H1504+65 White dwarf Ursa Minor

Born on this day

• 1934 – Édith Cresson, French politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of France Read more: Édith Cresson List of prime ministers of France
• 1936 – Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Samuel C. C. Ting Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1940 – Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin, Turkish engineer and politician, 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Read more: Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin List of ministers of foreign affairs of Turkey
• 1940 – Petru Lucinschi, Romanian activist and politician, 2nd President of Moldova Read more: Petru Lucinschi President of Moldova
• 1944 – Mairead Maguire, Northern Irish activist, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Mairead Maguire Nobel Peace Prize
• 1946 – Christopher Hum, English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to China Read more: Christopher Hum List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to China
• 1947 – Vyron Polydoras, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for Public Order Read more: Vyron Polydoras Ministry of Citizen Protection (Greece)
• 1955 – John Roberts, American lawyer and judge, 17th Chief Justice of the United States Read more: John Roberts Chief Justice of the United States
• 1959 – Göran Hägglund, Swedish lawyer and politician, 28th Swedish Minister for Social Affairs Read more: Göran Hägglund Minister for Health and Social Affairs (Sweden)
• 2000 – Morgan Gibbs-White, English footballer Read more: Morgan Gibbs-White
• 2000 – Aurélien Tchouaméni, French footballer Read more: Aurélien Tchouaméni
• 2003 – Park Seong-hoon, South Korean footballer Read more: Park Seong-hoon (footballer)

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / January 27 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.