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On March 27, 1309: Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.

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Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.

Pope Clement V was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1305 until his death. He is remembered for suppressing the order of the Knights Templar and allowing the execution of many of its members. A Frenchman by birth, Clement moved the Papacy from Rome to Avignon, ushering in the period known as the Avignon Papacy.

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Born on March 27

Daria Snigur 2002– Ukrainian tennis player (born 2002)
Natanael Cano 2001– Mexican rapper (born 2001)
Halle Bailey 2000– American singer and actress (born 2000)
Sophie Nélisse 2000– Canadian actress (born 2000)
Jesser 1999– American YouTuber (born 1999)
Alex O'Connor 1999– English philosophy educator (born 1999)
Giannis Bouzoukis 1998– Greek football player (born 1998)
Lisa 1997– Thai rapper and singer (born 1997)
Bill Tuiloma 1995– New Zealand footballer (born 1995)
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Brandon Nimmo 1993– American baseball player (born 1993)
Marc Muniesa 1992– Spanish footballer (born 1992)
London on da Track 1991– American record producer (born 1991)
Erdin Demir 1990– Swedish professional footballer
Ben Hunt 1990– Australian international rugby league footballer
Nicolas Nkoulou 1990– Cameroonian footballer (born 1990)
Luca Zuffi 1990– Swiss footballer (born 1990)
Kimbra 1990– New Zealander singer and songwriter (born 1990)
Brodha V 1990– Indian rapper (born 1990)

People

Died on March 27

Henry Lee Chinese-American forensic scientist (1938–2026)
Christina McKelvie Scottish politician (1968–2025)
Daniel Kahneman Israeli-American psychologist and economist (1934–2024)
Joe Lieberman American politician and lawyer (1942–2024)
Bert Nievera Filipino-American singer and businessman
Mother Angelica Religious sister and creator of Catholic TV channel EWTN.
Johnny Helms Musical artist
T. Sailo Indian military officer and politician
Richard N. Frye American historian (1920–2014)
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James R. Schlesinger American politician (1929–2014)
Hjalmar Andersen Norwegian speed skater
Yvonne Brill Canadian-American Rocket and Jet Propulsion Engineer
Fay Kanin American screenwriter
Adrienne Rich American poet, essayist and feminist (1929–2012)
Clement Arrindell Governor of Saint Kitts and Nevis (1931–2011)
Farley Granger American actor (1925–2011)
Dick Giordano American comic book artist and editor (1932-2010)
Irving R. Levine American journalist (1922–2009)

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Every March 27 on record

  1. 1309 Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 1305 to 1314

    Pope Clement V was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1305 until his death. He is remembered for suppressing the order of the Knights Templar and allowing the execution of many of its members. A Frenchman by birth, Clement moved the Papacy from Rome to Avignon, ushering in the period known as the Avignon Papacy.

  2. 1329 Pope John XXII issues his In Agro Dominico condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical.

    Head of the Catholic Church from 1316 to 1334

    Pope John XXII, born Jacques Duèze, was head of the Catholic Church from 7 August 1316 to his death, in December 1334. He was the second and longest-reigning Avignon Pope, elected by the Conclave of Cardinals, which was assembled in Lyon. Like his predecessor, Clement V, Pope John centralized power and income in the Papacy and lived a princely life in Avignon.

  3. 1513 Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León reaches the northern end of The Bahamas on his first voyage to Florida.

    Spanish explorer and conquistador (1474–1521)

    Juan Ponce de León was a Spanish explorer and conquistador known for leading the first European expeditions to Puerto Rico in 1508 and Florida in 1513. He was born in Santervás de Campos, Valladolid, Spain, in 1474. Though little is known about his family, he was of noble birth and served in the Spanish military from a young age.

  4. 1625 Charles I becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as well as claiming the title King of France.

    King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 to 1649

    Charles I was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

  5. 1638 The first of four destructive Calabrian earthquakes strikes southern Italy. Measuring magnitude 6.8 and assigned a Mercalli intensity of XI, it kills 10,000–30,000 people.

    Series of four earthquakes in Italy

    A series of mainshocks struck Calabria on March 27–28 and June 9, 1638. 1. 7 struck the same region, causing further damage and casualties.

  6. 1782 The Second Rockingham ministry assumes office in Great Britain and begins negotiations to end the American War of Independence.
  7. 1794 The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
  8. 1809 Peninsular War: A combined Franco-Polish force defeats the Spanish in the Battle of Ciudad Real.
  9. 1814 War of 1812: In central Alabama, U.S. forces under General Andrew Jackson defeat the Creek at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
  10. 1836 Texas Revolution: On the orders of General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the Mexican Army massacres 342 Texian Army POWs at Goliad, Texas.
  11. 1866 President of the United States of America Andrew Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Act of 1866. His veto is overridden by Congress and the bill passes into law on April 9.
  12. 1871 The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
  13. 1884 A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and burn down the courthouse.
  14. 1886 Geronimo, Apache warrior, surrenders to the U.S. Army, ending the main phase of the Apache Wars.
  15. 1899 Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
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  1. 1901 Philippine–American War: Emilio Aguinaldo, leader of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by the Americans.
  2. 1912 First Lady Helen Taft and the Viscountess Chinda, wife of the Japanese ambassador, plant two Yoshino cherry trees on the northern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the origin of the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
  3. 1915 Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States, is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
  4. 1918 The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania.
  5. 1933 Japanese invasion of Manchuria: Japan leaves the League of Nations after it approves the Lytton Report that ruled in favour of China.
  6. 1938 Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Taierzhuang begins, resulting several weeks later in the war's first major Chinese victory over Japan.
  7. 1941 World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.
  8. 1942 The Holocaust: Nazi Germany and Vichy France begin the deportation of 65,000 Jews from Drancy internment camp to German extermination camps.
  9. 1943 World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
  10. 1945 World War II: Operation Starvation, the aerial mining of Japan's ports and waterways begins. Argentina declares war on the Axis Powers.
  11. 1958 Nikita Khrushchev becomes Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.
  12. 1964 The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
  13. 1975 Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
  14. 1976 The first section of the Washington Metro opens to the public.
  15. 1977 Tenerife airport disaster: Two Boeing 747 airliners collide on a foggy runway on Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 583 (all 248 on KLM and 335 on Pan Am). Sixty-one survived on the Pan Am flight. This is the deadliest aviation accident in history.

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