Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/February 27
February 27: Independence Day in the Dominican Republic (1844)
- 1594 - The King of Navarre was crowned King Henry IV of France at the Cathedral of Chartres near Paris, beginning the Bourbon dynasty.
- 1617 - Sweden signed the Treaty of Stolbovo to end the Ingrian War with Russia, making large territorial gains.
- 1933 - The Reichstag building was set on fire, a pivotal event in the establishment of the Nazi regime in Germany.
- 1976 - The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic was proclaimed in Western Sahara.
- 2002 - Ethnic conflict in India: The death of 58 Hindu pilgrims in a train fire triggered a violent riot in Gujarat, killing at least 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, in the following days.
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