Events That Happened on February 27

Pakistan Air Force JF-17 Thunder downs Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's Mig-21 in an aerial dogfight and captures him after conducting airstrikes in Jammu and Kashmir.

Russian politician Boris Nemtsov is assassinated in Moscow while out walking with his girlfriend.

A shooting takes place at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland, in which five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured.

An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggers a tsunami which strikes Hawaii shortly after.

Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from a detention center in Singapore, hiding in Johor, Malaysia until he was recaptured over a year later.

Chinese stock bubble of 2007: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest daily fall in ten years, following speculation about a crackdown on illegal share offerings and trading, and fears about accelerating inflation.

A bombing of a SuperFerry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills more than 100 passengers.

Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, is sentenced to death for masterminding the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack.

Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport causing minor injuries.

Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.

Loganair Flight 670A crashes while attempting to make a water landing in the Firth of Forth in Scotland.

Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".

Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community in Sumgait, Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent pogrom.

The former Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee in protest of the federal government.

Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions.

The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.

The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.

Vietnam War: Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.

The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.

The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.

The Smith Mine #3 in Bearcreek, Montana, explodes, killing 74 men.

The Holocaust: In Berlin, the Gestapo arrest 1,800 Jewish men with German wives, leading to the Rosenstrasse protest.

World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.

Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.

United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules in NLRB v. Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. that the National Labor Relations Board has no authority to force an employer to rehire workers who engage in sit-down strikes.

Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.

The Mäntsälä rebellion begins when members of the far-right Lapua Movement start shooting at the social democrats' event in Mäntsälä, Finland.

A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.

The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.

Ocean liner SS Maloja strikes a mine near Dover and sinks with the loss of 155 lives.

Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.

Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.

The British Labour Party is founded.

Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.

King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.

First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.

The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.

American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.

Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that plays an important role in his election to the Presidency.

United States representative Daniel Sickles, after learning of an affair between his wife and Attorney General Philip Barton Key II, murders him in Washington, D.C.

The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.

Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.

Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.

Action of 27 February 1809: Captain Bernard Dubourdieu captures HMS Proserpine.

Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.

American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.

American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge in North Carolina breaks up a Loyalist militia.

Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after leading the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.

Sweden and the Tsardom of Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.

Henry IV is crowned King of France.

The Treaty of Berwick is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland, establishing the terms under which English armed forces were to be permitted in Scotland in order to expel occupying French troops.

Abaoji, chieftain of the Yila tribe, is named khagan of the Khitans.

The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.

Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.

Johnny Davis, American basketball player

Todd Cantwell, English footballer

Chris Godwin, American football player

Ten, Thai singer and dancer

Laura Gulbe, Latvian tennis player

Sergej Milinković-Savić, Serbian footballer

Tomáš Souček, Czech footballer

Mike Matheson, Canadian ice hockey player

Alphonse Areola, French footballer

Meyers Leonard, American basketball player

Ioannis Potouridis, Greek footballer

Jonjo Shelvey, English footballer

Callum Wilson, English footballer

Azeem Rafiq, Pakistani cricketer

Chandler Jones, American football player

Adam Morgan, American baseball player

Lindsey Morgan, American actress

David Button, English footballer

Lloyd Rigby, English footballer

Dustin Jeffrey, Canadian ice hockey player

Iain Ramsay, Australian footballer

Valeriy Andriytsev, Ukrainian wrestler

Florence Kiplagat, Kenyan runner

Yovani Gallardo, Mexican baseball player

Daniel Gibson, American basketball player and coach

Jonathan Moreira, Brazilian footballer

Sandeep Singh, Indian field hockey player

Asami Abe, Japanese singer and actress

Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Russian footballer

Vladislav Kulik, Ukrainian-Russian footballer

Thiago Neves, Brazilian footballer

James Augustine, American basketball player

Jumbo Díaz, Dominican baseball player

Akseli Kokkonen, Norwegian ski jumper

Aníbal Sánchez, Venezuelan baseball player

Lotta Schelin, Swedish footballer

Denard Span, American baseball player

Devin Harris, American basketball player

Kate Mara, American actress

Ali Bastian, English actress

Pat Richards, Australian rugby league player

Bruno Soares, Brazilian tennis player

Natalie Grandin, English-South African tennis player

Josh Groban, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Élodie Ouédraogo, Belgian sprinter

Brandon Beemer, American actor

Chelsea Clinton, American journalist and academic

Bobby V, American singer-songwriter

James Beattie, English footballer and manager

Kakha Kaladze, Georgian footballer and politician

Emelie Öhrstig, Swedish skier and cyclist

Simone Di Pasquale, Italian ballet dancer

Ludovic Capelle, Belgian cyclist

Cornelia Ecker, Austrian politician

Tony Gonzalez, American football player

Sergei Semak, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager

Aitor González, Spanish racing driver

Prodromos Korkizoglou, Greek decathlete

Carte Goodwin, former United States senator from West Virginia

Peter Andre, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor

Richard Coyle, English actor

Sara Blakely, American businesswoman, founded Spanx

Derren Brown, English magician and painter

Roman Giertych, Polish lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland

David Rikl, Czech-English tennis player

Rozonda Thomas, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

Kent Desormeaux, American jockey

Patricia Petibon, French soprano and actress

Juan E. Gilbert, American computer scientist, inventor, and academic

Matt Stairs, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster

Jony Ive, English-American industrial designer, former chief design officer of Apple

Dănuț Lupu, Romanian footballer

Baltasar Kormákur, Icelandic actor, director, and producer

Donal Logue, Canadian actor and director

Oliver Reck, German footballer and manager

Pedro Chaves, Portuguese racing driver

Noah Emmerich, American actor

Jeffrey Pasley, American educator and academic

Nasty Suicide, Finnish musician and pharmacist

Adam Baldwin, American actor

Grant Show, American actor

James Worthy, American basketball player and sportscaster

Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player

Johnny Van Zant, American singer-songwriter

Naas Botha, South African rugby player and sportscaster

Maggie Hassan, American politician, 81st Governor of New Hampshire

Danny Antonucci, Canadian animator, producer, and screenwriter

Kevin Curran, American screenwriter and television producer (died 2016)

Robert de Castella, Australian runner

Adrian Smith, English guitarist and songwriter

Timothy Spall, English actor

Meena Keshwar Kamal, Afghan activist, founded the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (died 1987)

Belus Prajoux, Chilean tennis player

Neal Schon, American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter

Gavin Esler, Scottish journalist and author

Ian Khama, English-Botswanan lieutenant and politician, 4th President of Botswana

Stelios Kouloglou, Greek journalist, author, director and politician

Dwight Jones, American basketball player (died 2016)

Carl A. Anderson, 13th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus

Lee Atwater, American journalist, activist and political strategist (died 1991)

Walter de Silva, Italian car designer

Steve Harley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)

Annabel Goldie, Scottish lawyer and politician

Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger, English rabbi and politician

Mary Gibby, British botanist and professor (died 2024)

Debra Monk, American actress, singer, and writer

Alan Guth, American physicist and cosmologist

Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist and conductor

Sonia Manzano Vela, Ecuadorian writer

Ken Grimwood, American author (died 2003)

Graeme Pollock, South African cricketer and coach

Roger Scruton, English philosopher and writer (died 2020)

Mary Frann, American actress (died 1998)

Morten Lauridsen, American composer and conductor

Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazilian footballer and manager

Jimmy Burns, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)

Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist

Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, German footballer (died 2011)

Paddy Ashdown, British soldier and politician (died 2018)

Pierre Duchesne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec

Howard Hesseman, American actor (died 2022)

Bill Hunter, Australian actor (died 2011)

Don McKinnon, English-New Zealand farmer and politician, 12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand

Peter Revson, American race car driver (died 1974)

Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist (died 2002)

Barbara Babcock, American actress

Ron Barassi, Australian footballer and coach (died 2023)

Sonia Johnson, American feminist activist and author

Roger Mahony, American cardinal

Mirella Freni, Italian soprano and actress (died 2020)

Uri Shulevitz, American author and illustrator

Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (died 1992)

N. Scott Momaday, American poet and writer (died 2024)

Ralph Nader, American lawyer, politician, and activist

Raymond Berry, American football player and coach

Malcolm Wallop, American politician (died 2011)

Elizabeth Taylor, English-American actress and humanitarian (died 2011)

David Young, Baron Young of Graffham, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (died 2022)

Jovan Krkobabić, Serbian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia (died 2014)

Peter Stone, American screenwriter and producer (died 2003)

Paul von Ragué Schleyer, American chemist and academic (died 2014)

Joanne Woodward, American actress

Jack Gibson, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2008)

Djalma Santos, Brazilian footballer (died 2013)

Patricia Ward Hales, British tennis player (died 1985)

René Clemencic, Austrian composer, recorder player, harpsichordist, conductor and clavichord player (died 2022)

Aira Samulin, Finnish dancer and entrepreneur (died 2023)

Peter Whittle, English-New Zealand mathematician and theorist (died 2021)

David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)

Kenneth Koch, American poet, playwright and professor (died 2002)

Pia Sebastiani, Argentine pianist and composer (died 2015)

Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (died 1990)

Hans Rookmaaker, Dutch historian, author, and scholar (died 1977)

Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (died 2014)

Reg Simpson, English cricketer (died 2013)

Chick Halbert, American basketball player (died 2013)

Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager (died 2012)

John Connally, American lieutenant and politician, 39th Governor of Texas and 61st United States Secretary of Treasury (died 1993)

Denis Whitaker, Canadian general, football player, and businessman (died 2001)

Paul Ricœur, French philosopher and academic (died 2005)

Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish soldier and politician, President of Poland (died 1989)

Irwin Shaw, American author and screenwriter (died 1984)

Lawrence Durrell, British author, poet, and playwright (died 1990)

Kusumagraj, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1999)

Oscar Heidenstam, English bodybuilder (died 1991)

Joan Bennett, American actress (died 1990)

Peter De Vries, American journalist and author (died 1993)

Kelly Johnson, American engineer, co-founded Skunk Works (died 1990)

Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (died 1995)

Mildred Bailey, American singer (died 1951)

Momčilo Đujić, Serbian-American priest and commander (died 1999)

Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (died 1968)

James T. Farrell, American author and poet (died 1979)

Yulii Borisovich Khariton, Russian physicist and academic (died 1996)

André Leducq, French cyclist (died 1980)

Reginald Gardiner, English-American actor and singer (died 1980)

Hans Rohrbach, German mathematician (died 1993)

Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Belarusian-American rabbi and philosopher (died 1993)

Lúcio Costa, French-Brazilian architect and engineer, designed Gustavo Capanema Palace (died 1998)

Gene Sarazen, American golfer and sportscaster (died 1999)

John Steinbeck, American journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968)

Marino Marini, Italian sculptor and academic (died 1980)

Kotama Okada, Japanese religious leader (died 1974)

Charles Best, American-Canadian physiologist and biochemist, co-discovered insulin (died 1978)

Marian Anderson, American singer (died 1993)

Miyagiyama Fukumatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 1943)

William Demarest, American actor (died 1983)

David Sarnoff, American businessman, founded RCA (died 1971)

Mabel Keaton Staupers, American nurse and advocate (died 1989)

Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and psychologist (died 1974)

Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano and actress (died 1976)

Stephen McKenna, English novelist (died 1967)

Pyotr Nesterov, Russian captain, pilot, and engineer (died 1914)

Hugo Black, American captain, lawyer, politician, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (died 1971)

Sveinn Björnsson, Danish-Icelandic lawyer and politician, 1st President of Iceland (died 1952)

L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician, philosopher, and academic (died 1966)

Xenophon Kasdaglis, Greek-Egyptian tennis player (died 1943)

Alvan T. Fuller, American businessman and politician, 50th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1958)

Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (died 1952)

Joseph Grinnell, American zoologist and biologist (died 1939)

Vladimir Filatov, Russian-Ukrainian ophthalmologist and surgeon (died 1956)

Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania (died 1950)

Alice Hamilton, American physician and academic (died 1970)

Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (died 1947)

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer and critic (died 1942)

Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 1935)

Joaquín Sorolla, Spanish painter (died 1923)

George Herbert Mead, American sociologist and philosopher (died 1930)

Bertha Pappenheim, Austrian-German activist and author (died 1936)

Hubert Parry, English composer and historian (died 1918)

Ellen Terry, English actress (died 1928)

William Nicholson, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Victoria (died 1865)

Jean-Charles Cornay, French missionary and saint (died 1837)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet and educator (died 1882)

Edward Belcher, British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer (died 1877)

Frederick Catherwood, British artist, architect and explorer (died 1854)

José Antonio Navarro, American merchant and politician (died 1871)

Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza, Chilean lawyer and politician, Chilean Minister of National Defense (died 1818)

Thomas Hazlehurst, English businessman, founded Hazlehurst & Sons (died 1842)

Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, French lawyer and politician, 24th Prime Minister of France (died 1855)

Anders Sparrman, Swedish physician and activist (died 1820)

Louis-Jérôme Gohier, French politician, French Minister of Justice (died 1830)

Jean de Dieu-Raymond de Cucé de Boisgelin, French cardinal (died 1804)

Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (died 1767)

Constantine Mavrocordatos, Ottoman ruler (died 1769)

Lord Sidney Beauclerk, English politician (died 1744)

Pietro Gnocchi, Italian composer, director, historian, and geographer (died 1775)

Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł, Prussian-Lithuanian wife of Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (died 1695)

William Sherard, English botanist (died 1728)

Roche Braziliano, Dutch pirate (died 1671)

Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter (died 1654)

John Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (died 1616)

Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1632)

William Alabaster, English poet (died 1640)

Min Phalaung, Burmese monarch (died 1593)

João de Castro, Portuguese nobleman and fourth viceroy of Portuguese India (died 1548)

Ruprecht, Archbishop of Cologne (died 1480)

Alberto d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara (died 1393)

Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (died 337)

Boris Spassky, Russian chess grandmaster (born 1937)

Ng Man-tat, Hong Kong actor (born 1952)

France-Albert René, Seychellois politician, 2nd President of Seychelles (born 1935)

Steve Folkes, Australian rugby league player and coach (born 1959)

Yi Cheol-seung, South Korean lawyer and politician (born 1922)

James Z. Davis, American lawyer and judge (born 1943)

Boris Nemtsov, Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (born 1959)

Leonard Nimoy, American actor (born 1931)

Julio César Strassera, Argentinian lawyer and jurist (born 1933)

Aaron Allston, American game designer and author (born 1960)

Terry Rand, American basketball player (born 1934)

Van Cliburn, American pianist (born 1934)

Ramon Dekkers, Dutch mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (born 1969)

Dale Robertson, American actor (born 1923)

Adolfo Zaldívar, Chilean lawyer and politician (born 1943)

Ma Jiyuan, Chinese general (born 1921)

Tina Strobos, Dutch physician and psychiatrist (born 1920)

Helga Vlahović, Croatian journalist and producer (born 1945)

Frank Buckles, American soldier (born 1901)

Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1926)

Duke Snider, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (born 1926)

Gary Winick, American director and producer (born 1961)

Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (born 1916)

William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and journalist, founded the National Review (born 1925)

Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster (born 1929)

Ivan Rebroff, German vocalist of Russian descent with four and a half octave range (born 1931)

Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, German general (born 1914)

Otis Chandler, American publisher (born 1927)

Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American general and author (born 1908)

Linda Smith, English comedian and author (born 1958)

Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian and academic (born 1928)

Paul Sweezy, American economist and journalist (born 1910)

John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (born 1923)

Fred Rogers, American minister and television host (born 1928)

Spike Milligan, Irish soldier, actor, comedian, and author (born 1918)

Horace Tapscott, American pianist and composer (born 1934)

George H. Hitchings, American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)

J. T. Walsh, American actor (born 1943)

Lillian Gish, American actress (born 1893)

S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American linguist and politician (born 1906)

Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)

Bill Holman, American cartoonist (born 1903)

Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish priest (born 1921)

Jacques Plante, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1929)

Ray Ellington, English singer and drummer (born 1916)

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., American politician and diplomat, 3rd United States Ambassador to the United Nations (born 1902)

J. Pat O'Malley, English-American actor and singer (born 1904)

George Tobias, American actor (born 1901)

John Dickson Carr, American author and playwright (born 1905)

Bill Everett, American author and illustrator (born 1917)

Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (born 1883)

Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (born 1942)

Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (born 1897)

Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (born 1888)

Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (born 1859)

Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (born 1867)

Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (born 1862)

Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (born 1852)

Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1849)

Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (born 1906)

Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (born 1871)

Harry "Breaker" Morant, English-Australian lieutenant (born 1864)

Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer and businessman, founded Louis Vuitton (born 1821)

Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (born 1833)

Nicholas Biddle, American banker and politician (born 1786)

Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler (born 1750)

Count of St. Germain, European adventurer (born 1710)

John Arbuthnot, Scottish physician and polymath (born 1667)

Samuel Parris, English-American minister (born 1653)

Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet, English politician (born 1645)

John Evelyn, English gardener and author (born 1620)

Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (born 1625)

Henry Dunster, English-American clergyman and academic (born 1609)

Pau Claris, Catalan lawyer, clergyman and President of the Generalitat, founder of the Catalan Republic (born 1586)

Johann Faber of Heilbronn, controversial Catholic preacher (born 1504)

Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, German Noblewoman (born 1524)

William VIII of Montferrat (born 1420)

Prince Vasily I of Moscow (born 1371)

Eleanor of Castile, queen consort of Navarre (born c. 1363)

Robert of Melun, English theologian and bishop

Theophylact, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (born 917)

Conrad the Elder, Frankish nobleman

Pepin of Landen, Frankish lord (born 580)

Christian feast day: Anne Line

Christian feast day: Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows

Christian feast day: George Herbert (Anglicanism)

Christian feast day: Gregory of Narek

Christian feast day: Honorina

Christian feast day: Leander

Christian feast day: February 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Doctors' Day (Vietnam)

Independence Day (Dominican Republic), celebrates the first independence of Dominican Republic from Haiti in 1844.

Majuba Day (some Afrikaners in South Africa)

Marathi Language Day (Maharashtra, India)

World NGO Day