User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/February 27

February 27

 * 1617 - Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea
 * 1864 - American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
 * 1900 - Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje.
 * 1942 - World War II: the USS Langley, the first United States aircraft carrier, is sunk by Japanese warplanes.