JULY 27:

July 27, 1755: Indians attack the settlers at Fort Sartwell in Vernon, Connecticut.
 

July 27, 1813:  A battle took place on Burnt Corn Creek, not far from the Escambia River. Creeks led by Chief Peter McQueen, had just recently purchased guns and ammo in Pensacola from the British. While en route back to their villages, they are attacked by Colonel James Caller and 180 militiamen. After initially gaining the upper hand, someone in the militia called for a retreat, and some of the Americans took off at a run. Taking advantage of the situation, the Red Stick Creeks were able to escape. This battle would encourage the Creeks to further battles with the Americans. Six men in McQueen's group and two soldiers will die in the fighting. This first fight of the Creek War would be called "The Battle of Burnt Corn."

July 27, 1874:  Gold found in the Black Hills.
 

BACKGROUND:
 

From http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/vernon.html
 

Soon after Massachusetts made the 1736 grant, two forts were built by men who had received lands under that grant. Josiah Sartwell built his fortified residence within the present town of Vernon. Fort Sartwell, as it became known, was the site of several Indian raids and attacks. During one of the raids, Sartwell's daughter, Jemima Sartwell Phipps Howe, was taken captive, along with her seven children, and Howe was killed. She eventually was returned home and lived to marry again, her last husband,being Amos Tute, who died in 1790. The epitaph on his gravestone has often been cited as one of the most high-minded in the area:
 

Were I so Tall to Reach the Pole
Or grasp the Ocean with my Span
I must be mesuer'd by my Soul
The Mind's the Standard of the Man.

Fort Sartwell stood until 1837, at which time it was torn down and some of the timbers were used in a new building.