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This is a list of selected February 27 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
1594Henry IV of France was crowned at the Chartres Cathedral near Paris, beginning the Bourbon dynasty. refimprove section
1617Rise of Sweden as a great power: Sweden signed the Treaty of Stolbovo to end the Ingrian War with Russia, making large territorial gains. Needs more references, short
1900 – The Trades Union Congress held a conference in London to bring together all left-wing organisations and form them into a single body that would sponsor Parliamentary candidates—the Labour Party. neutrality disputed
1933 – The Reichstag building in Berlin, the assembly location of the German Parliament, was set on fire, a pivotal event in the establishment of the Nazi regime in Germany. refimprove, outdated
1963Juan Bosch became the first democratically elected President of the Dominican Republic since the assassination of dictator Rafael Trujillo two years earlier. no footnotes
1976 – The rebel movement Polisario Front proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Western Sahara. unreferenced section, neutrality disputed
1989 – A wave of protests, riots and looting known as the Caracazo resulted in a death toll of anywhere between 275 and 3,000 people in the Venezuelan capital Caracas and its surrounding towns. unreferenced section
2002 – A violent riot in Gujarat, India, where at least 1,000 people (mostly Muslims) were killed, was triggered by a train fire that killed 58 Hindu pilgrims. Gujarat violence: refimprove section; Gohdra train burning: requires copyediting

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February 27: Independence Day in the Dominican Republic (1844)

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  • 1870 – The current flag of Japan (pictured) was first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
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