Every day that passes is a new opportunity to look at the past and learn from it. It is true that there are dates, like this June 27, that do not stand out especially on the calendar, because they do not host a relevant commemoration at a global level, but this does not mean that, during this, events have not taken place. worthy of being remembered.
For example, on this day in 1462, the man who would later become Louis XII, a monarch known not only for his great internal popularity, but also for being one of the great admirers of Leonardo Da Vinci. The story goes that when the king conquered Milan in 1499 He was captivated by the talent of the Florentine polymath, to the point of offering him to work at his service on multiple occasions.
Also, the June 27th It had a special role during the 19th century: on that day in 1801, French troops surrendered to the English after the Battle of Alexandria, in which Napoleon Bonaparte had the objective of establishing a colony from which to threaten British possessions in India. This constituted, however, the first defeat of the French generalcaused mainly by the abandonment of the Egyptian and Syrian campaign, as well as by the landing of the British in Aboukir.
17 years later, although on the other side of the Atlantic, the liberator Simón Bolívar had already launched his plans to make Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela independentand many of those rebellious dreams were captured in the newspaper he founded on June 27, 1818he Orinoco Mail. This was the main propaganda means that Bolívar used to spread his ideas and counteract the power of Caracas Gazettethe bulletin that he published at the service of the Spanish Crown.
This date was also important for the history of Japan: specifically, in 1871 the currency used in the country today began to circulate, he and in. Not in vain, this was one of the results of the beginning of the Meiji era, during which an isolated and feudal territory – previously controlled by the Tokugawa shogunate – adapted to the modern world over the course of a few decades.
And finally, on June 27th, but from 1905was also the date of the mutiny on the battleship ‘Potemkin’, one of the best in the Russian fleet in the Black Sea. The event was triggered by the harsh conditions of the sailors on board: hours of exhausting work, a great oppression difficult to bear already unfair and desperate treatment. Thus, later this historical episode would be used as a symbol in the communist propagandaand would be considered one of the most relevant events of the Russian Revolution of 1905.
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