27 November in history
4 events that happened on 27 November, from 1095 to 1978.
1095 CE 931 years ago
Pope Urban II preaches the First Crusade at Clermont
Closing the Council of Clermont, Urban II urged Western knights to aid Byzantium and free Jerusalem. The response was overwhelming, and crusaders took Jerusalem in 1099.
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1701 CE 325 years ago
Anders Celsius is born in Uppsala
The Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius was born. In 1742 he proposed a 100-degree temperature scale, originally with 0 for boiling water; it was later inverted to become the Celsius scale.
1868 CE 158 years ago
Custer's troops attack Black Kettle's camp on the Washita
The 7th Cavalry under George Armstrong Custer attacked a Cheyenne village on the Washita River, killing Black Kettle and many women and children. The army called it a battle; many historians call it a massacre.
1978 CE 48 years ago
Mayor Moscone and Harvey Milk are shot in San Francisco
Former supervisor Dan White shot dead Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk at City Hall. Milk had been one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States.
