In History, Today on February 27

Henry IV is crowned King of France at the Cathedral of Chartres.

Abraham Lincoln delivers a speech at Cooper Union in New York City, which is largely credited with his gaining the Republican nomination for President.

The British Labour Party is founded at the Memorial Hall in Farringdon, London.

The Reichstag fire occurs in Berlin, Germany, an arson attack on the German parliament building, which the Nazi government used as a pretext to suspend civil liberties and increase state power.

The Rosenstrasse protest begins in Berlin, where non-Jewish wives of Jewish men protest against their husbands' arrest by the Gestapo.

The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, limiting Presidents to two terms.

The American Indian Movement occupies Wounded Knee, South Dakota, to protest the United States government's failure to fulfill treaties with Native American people.

The Godhra train burning incident occurred when the Sabarmati Express train was attacked and set on fire, resulting in the deaths of 59 Hindu pilgrims. This event led to widespread communal riots in Gujarat, India.

A massive earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 struck off the coast of central Chile, causing widespread damage and triggering a tsunami. It was one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded.

The assassination of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov occurred in Moscow. Nemtsov, a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, was shot dead near the Kremlin, sparking international condemnation and protests.