Daily Calendar - July 27

The 208th day of the year, 157 days left until the New Year.

Church Calendar

Apostle Aquila, of the Seventy (I); Martyr Justus (I); Monk Elias the Nun (IV); Monk Onesimus the Wonderworker (IV).

Born:

1452 — Ludovico Moreau, Duke of Milan. Died 1508.

1667 — Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and mechanic. Died 1748.

1737 — Eric Laxmann, Swiss traveler. Died 1796.

1798 _ Frederic Dubois de Montperre, Swiss traveler, researcher of antiquities,

the first researcher of the geology of Georgia. Died 1850.

1824 — Alexandre Dumas, French writer. Died 1895.

1835 — José Carducci, Italian poet, Nobel Prize laureate. Died 1907.

1924 — Otar Taktakishvili, composer. Died 1989.

1937 _ Nikoloz (Koka) Ignatov, painter. Died 2002.

Died:

1841 — Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet.

1844 — John Dalton, English chemist and physicist.

1915 _ Vazha-Pshavela, poet.

1962 — Richard Aldington, English writer.

Events:

1147 — Moscow was founded.

1713 — Russia and Turkey signed a peace treaty.

1795 — Spain and France signed a peace treaty.

1919 — Radio compass was first used in aviation navigation.

1921 — The International Geographical Union was established in Brussels.

1948 — The world's first passenger jet aircraft, the Comet, was tested (British aircraft manufacturer de Havilland).

1953 — The Vatican banned factory work on religious holidays.

Memorable days:

Democratic People's Republic of Korea — Victory Day.

Vietnam — Remembrance Day.