November 27 in History

ends   1964

Belgian paratroopers free hostages from Simba rebels

starts   1951

Outsiders overrun Yanomami territory

ends   1944

US captures Peleliu, Palau Islands

  1942

French fleet scuttled in Toulon

ends   1941

Italian East African forces defeated at Gondar

ends   1935

Communist revolts in Natal, Recife & Rio de Janeiro

  1919

Treaty of Neuilly with Bulgaria

  1912

France and Spain agree on zones in Morocco

starts   1876

López Jordán attempts last revolt in Argentina

ends   1851

French bombard Moroccan city of Salé

ends   1845

Dominican Rep. breaks away from Haiti

  1840

Egypt accepts terms of Convention of London

starts   1838

Pastry War

  1831

Gran Colombia dissolved

starts   1519

Enriquillo leads Taíno revolt on Hispaniola*

starts   439

Aetius settles Alans in Gaul*

ends   395

Stilicho confronts Alaric with combined Roman armies*

  395

Returning Eastern legions kill Rufinus

starts   278

Probus suppresses bandit Lydius in Isauria*

starts   260

Persia gains power over Iberia and Albania*

  258

Gallienus secures alliance with Marcomanni*

  215

Caracalla plunders Alexandria, slaughtering many*

starts   176

Marcus Aurelius shares power with Commodus

  20

Romans split Illyricum into two provinces*

starts   20

Rome establishes client states on the upper Danube*