This day in History - November 27

379 Historic Events for November 27
1826 Event John Walker invents friction match in England
1830 Birth Harrison Millard, composer
1836 Death Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer, dies
1839 Event American Statistical Association organizes in Boston
1840 Birth Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet/friend of Tsjaikovski [OS=11/15]
1843 Event Opera "Bohemian Girl" is produced (London)
1854 Birth Aloys L earl von Aehrenthal, Austrian minister of Foreign affairs
1862 Death Alexander Early Stone, Confederate (brig-general?), dies in battle
1863 Event Battle of Payne's Farm, VA
1863 Event -29] Battle at Fort Esperanza Texas
1864 Event 2nd day of Battles at Waynesboro, Georgia
1865 Birth Jos‚ Asunci¢n Silva, Colombia, poet (Nocturno III)
1867 Birth Margaret Ruthven Lang, composer
1868 Event Battle at Washita-Gen Custer defeats Cheyennes
1868 Death Black Kettle, [Motavato], Cheyenne chief, dies
1870 Event NY Times dubs baseball "The National Game"
1870 Birth Juho Kusti Paasikivi, president Finland
1874 Birth Charles A Beard, American historian (American Continentalism)
1874 Birth Chaim Weizmann, Israeli statesman (1st President)
1875 Birth Wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane)
1877 Event Burkina adopts its constitution
1878 Birth Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer
1879 Birth Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer
1884 Death Franziska "Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina/choreography, dies at 74
1885 Event Earliest photograph of a meteor shower made