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What happened on May 27th
Habeaus Corpus Act (strengthening person's right to challenge unlawful arrest & imprisonment) passes in England.
Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Russian Tsar Peter the Great.
Heinrich Schliemann discovers "Priam's Treasure" a cache of gold and other objects in Hisarlik (Troy) in Anatolia.
Japanese fleet destroys the Russian East Sea fleet in the Battle of Tsushima, the only decisive clash between modern steel battleships in history.
British and Allied forces begin the evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) during WWII.