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On November 27, 25: Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.

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Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.

AD 25 (XXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Agrippa. The denomination AD 25 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

People

Born on November 27

Adéla Jergová 2003– Slovak singer-songwriter (born 2003)
Zoe Colletti 2001– American actress (born 2001)
Mike Williams 1996– Dutch DJ and record producer
Suliasi Vunivalu 1995– Australia & Fiji international rugby union & league footballer
Aubrey Peeples 1993– American actor and singer (born 1993)
Ala Boratyn 1992– Polish singer-songwriter
Chanyeol 1992– South Korean rapper (born 1992)
Bradley Zimmer 1992– American baseball player (born 1992)
Josh Dubovie 1990– English singer (born 1990)
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Michael Floyd 1989– American football player (born 1989)
Freddie Sears 1989– English footballer
Luigi Datome 1987– Italian basketball player (born 1987)
Lashana Lynch 1987– British actress (born 1987)
Suresh Kumar Raina 1986– Indian cricketer (born 1986)
Steven Silva 1986– Filipino chef and actor
Xavi Torres 1986– Spanish footballer
Oritsé Williams 1986– British singer (born 1986)
Park Soo-jin 1985– South Korean actress (born 1985)

People

Died on November 27

Mary McGee American motorcycle racer (1936–2024)
Apetor Norwegian YouTuber (1964–2021)
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Iranian nuclear physicist (1961–2020)
Ioannis Grivas Greek judge
Mark Behr Tanzanian-born writer (1963–2015)
Maurice Strong Canadian businessman and diplomat
Garrett Swasey American competitive ice skater, figure skating coach, and police officer (1971–2015)
Philippe Washer Belgian tennis player
Wanda Błeńska Polish leprosy expert, AK officer and missionary
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Phillip Hughes Australian cricketer (1988–2014)
P. D. James English crime writer (1920–2014)
Jack Kyle Ireland and Lions rugby union player (1926–2014)
Fernance B. Perry Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (born 1922)
Lewis Collins English actor (1946–2013)
Herbert F. DeSimone American lawyer
Volker Roemheld German agroscientist (1941–2013)
Nílton Santos Brazilian footballer (1925–2013)
Manuel F. Segura Filipino colonel (born 1919)

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Every November 27 on record

  1. 25 Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.

    Calendar year

    AD 25 (XXV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Agrippa. The denomination AD 25 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  2. 176 Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of "Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions.

    Roman emperor from 161 to 180

    Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty, the last of the rulers later known as the Five Good Emperors and the last emperor of the Pax Romana, an age of relative peace, calm, and stability for the Roman Empire lasting from 27 BC to 180 AD. He served as Roman consul in 140, 145, and 161.

  3. 395 Rufinus, praetorian prefect of the East, is murdered by Gothic mercenaries under Gainas.

    Roman statesman

    Flavius Rufinus was a 4th-century Eastern Roman statesman of Aquitanian extraction who served as Praetorian prefect of the East for the emperor Theodosius I, as well as for his son Arcadius, under whom Rufinus exercised significant influence in the state affairs.

  4. 511 King Clovis I dies at Lutetia and is buried in the Abbey of St Genevieve.

    King of the Franks from 481 to 511

    Clovis I was the first Frankish king to unite the Franks, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single king, and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs. He is considered the founder of the Merovingian dynasty, which ruled the Frankish kingdom for the next two centuries. Clovis is an important figure in the history of France.

  5. 602 Byzantine Emperor Maurice is forced to watch as the usurper Phocas executes his five sons before Maurice is beheaded himself.

    Continuation of the Roman Empire (330–1453)

    The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, it endured until the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. The term 'Byzantine Empire' was coined only after its demise; its citizens used the term 'Roman Empire' and called themselves 'Romans'.

  6. 1095 Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont.
  7. 1382 Al-Salih Hajji, the last Qalawunid sultan, is deposed by Barquq, ending the long Turkic Bahri Mamluk period in general and particularly the Qalawunid dynasty, and beginning the reign of the Circassian Burji Mamluk.
  8. 1542 Palace plot of Renyin year: A group of Ming dynasty palace women fail to murder the Jiajing Emperor, and are executed by slow-slicing.
  9. 1727 The foundation stone to the Jerusalem Church in Berlin is laid.
  10. 1755 An earthquake in northern Morocco devastates the cities of Fes and Meknes.
  11. 1809 The Berners Street hoax is perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London.
  12. 1815 Adoption of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland.
  13. 1830 Saint Catherine Labouré experiences a Marian apparition.
  14. 1835 James Pratt and John Smith are hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for sodomy in England.
  15. 1839 In Boston, Massachusetts, the American Statistical Association is founded.
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  1. 1856 The Coup of 1856 leads to Luxembourg's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution.
  2. 1863 American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
  3. 1863 American Civil War: Battle of Mine Run: Union forces under General George Meade take up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
  4. 1868 American Indian Wars: Battle of Washita River: United States Army Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer leads an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land.
  5. 1879 War of the Pacific: Battle of Tarapacá: The confrontation between the Chilean Army and the Peruvian Army takes place in Tarapacá, the Peruvian victory is consummated with the death of the 2 generals and the capture the Chilean general in said place of battle, headed by the Peruvian victory of General Juan Buendía y Noregia.
  6. 1895 At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
  7. 1896 Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed.
  8. 1901 The U.S. Army War College is established.
  9. 1912 Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
  10. 1917 P. E. Svinhufvud becomes the chairman of his first senate, technically the first Prime Minister of Finland.
  11. 1918 The Makhnovshchina is established.
  12. 1924 In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
  13. 1940 In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents.
  14. 1940 World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.
  15. 1942 World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands.

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