On January 27
No pivotal events are recorded on exactly January 27 in the Human Saga — here is the surrounding week in history.
This week in history (Jan 24 – Jan 30)
On 30 January 1933 President Hindenburg appointed Adolf Hitler chancellor at the head of a coalition government. The Nazis moved swiftly to entrench a dictatorship.
Beginning with Abu Muslim raising the black banners of the Hashimiyya movement in Khurasan in 747, the Abbasid Revolution channelled discontent among non-Arab Muslims (mawali), Shi'a sympathisers and easterners against Umayyad rule.
On 30 January 1649 Charles I, king of England, Scotland and Ireland, was beheaded outside the Banqueting House at Whitehall in London, following his conviction for high treason by a High Court of Justice convened by the Rump Parliament.
On 30–31 January 1968, during the Vietnamese Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, North Vietnamese forces and the Viet Cong launched a coordinated surprise assault on more than 100 cities, towns, and military installations across South Vietnam…
The Ara Pacis Augustae ('Altar of Augustan Peace') was consecrated in Rome on 30 January 9 BCE, after being commissioned by the Senate in 13 BCE to mark Augustus's safe return from campaigns in Gaul and Hispania.
The Mahdist War pitted Sudanese followers of Muhammad Ahmad, who proclaimed himself the Mahdi, against Egyptian and British forces.