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On This Day · The 58th day of the year

February 27

250 years on from American Revolutionary War, February 27 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where politics and nation-building recur.

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Pisces is the sign for February 27 — read more on the Pisces page, or see February's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on February 27?

February 27 is the 58th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1560 and 2015. Famous people born on February 27 include Constantine the Great, Akseli Kokkonen and Maggie Hassan.

Released on February 27

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Resident Evil Requiem
  • Movie Starbright

2025

  • Game Cladun X3
  • TV House of David

2024

  • Game Dicefolk
  • TV Mehmed: Sultan of Conquests
  • TV Shōgun
  • Movie Dune: Part Two

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1560

    Treaty of Berwick (1560)

  2. 1617

    Sweden

  3. 1776

    American Revolutionary War

  4. 1860

    Abraham Lincoln

  5. 1870

    Flag of Japan

  6. 1900

    FC Bayern Munich

  7. 1940

    Martin Kamen

  8. 1942

    World War II

  9. 1963

    Dominican Republic

  10. 2015

    Boris Nemtsov

Famous birthday twins

Born on February 27

Constantine the Great

b. 272

Akseli Kokkonen

b. 1984

Maggie Hassan

b. 1958

Frederick Catherwood

b. 1799

Elizabeth Taylor

b. 1932

John Steinbeck

b. 1902

Kazimierz Sabbat

b. 1913

Roman Giertych

b. 1971

Deaths

  • 2015Boris Nemtsov
  • 2015Leonard Nimoy
  • 2008Ivan Rebroff
  • 1989Konrad Lorenz
  • 1980George Tobias
  • 1936Ivan Pavlov

Holidays & observances

  • —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)

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