User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/October 27

October 27

 * 1644 - Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.
 * 1797 - Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria.
 * 1870 - Marshal François Achille Bazaine surrenders to Prussian forces at Metz along with 140,000 French soldiers in one of the biggest French defeats of the Franco-Prussian War.
 * 1916 - Battle of Segale: Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasus V, is defeated by Fitawrari Habte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zauditu.