{"id":15506,"date":"2022-06-27T17:39:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T15:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=210657"},"modified":"2022-06-27T18:03:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T16:03:10","slug":"27-june-on-this-day-in-history","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/27-june-on-this-day-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"27 June: On this day in history"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Elinor Evans\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 27 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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27 June 1358<\/h3>\n

Following the Treaty of Zadar, the Republic of Dubrovnik throws off Venetian rule and comes under the protection of Louis I of Hungary.<\/p>\n

27 June 1462<\/h3>\n

The future Louis XII of France was born in Blois. In October 1514, aged 52, he married Mary, the 18-year-old sister of Henry VIII, but died within three months.<\/p>\n

27 June 1659<\/h3>\n

As the English Republic begins to fall apart, former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Henry Cromwell leaves the country for good. After the Restoration of King Charles II he will be allowed to live quietly in Cambridgeshire until his death in 1674.<\/p>\n

27 June 1743<\/h3>\n

King George II<\/a> became the last reigning British monarch to lead his troops in battle as his British, Hanoverian and Austrian army defeated the French at Dettingen in south-west Germany.<\/p>\n

27 June 1831<\/h3>\n

Death of French mathematician Sophie Germain. In 1816 she had become the first woman to win a prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences for her paper on elasticity theory.<\/p>\n

27 June 1880<\/h3>\n

Birth in Alabama of author, political activist and lecturer Helen Keller, the first deaf-blind person to be awarded a bachelor of arts degree.<\/p>\n

27 June 1954 :\u00a0The football pitch becomes a battlefield<\/h3>\n

Brazil and Hungary\u2019s World Cup quarter-final descends into an all-out brawl<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Wankdorf Stadium, Berne: 27 June 1954. As the rain pours down, the thousands of spectators can barely contain their excitement. Today\u2019s World Cup quarter-final sees Brazil\u2019s glamour boys play Hungary, pride of the communist bloc and unbeaten for the last four years. Everybody expects a feast of football.<\/p>\n

What followed, however, was one of the most notorious matches in sporting history, known as the Battle of Berne. The result of the game was 4-2 to Hungary, but the real story was the violence, which made headlines around the world.<\/p>\n

The trigger seems to have been Hungary\u2019s second-half penalty, which provoked a pitch invasion by Brazil\u2019s coaching staff, journalists and officials. For the next half-hour the match was a glorified brawl, which saw three players \u2013 Brazil\u2019s Nilton Santos and<\/p>\n

Humberto Tozzi and Hungary\u2019s J\u00f3zsef Bozsik \u2013 sent off for fighting. \u201cNever in my life have I seen such cruel tackling, the cutting down of opponents as if with a scythe, followed by threatening attitudes and sly jabs when officialdom was engaged elsewhere,\u201d reported The Times<\/em> correspondent.<\/p>\n

At the final whistle, the Brazilians once again invaded the pitch, and the fighting in the dressing room was so intense that Hungary\u2019s manager needed four stitches in his face.\u00a0For the referee, Arthur Ellis from Halifax, the events that day were a terrible disappointment: \u201cI thought it was going to be the greatest game I\u2019d ever see. I was on top of the world,\u201d he said later. \u201cWhether politics and religion had something to do with it I don\u2019t know, but they behaved like animals.\u201d | Written by Dominic Sandbrook<\/strong><\/p>\n

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