On this day: June 27 (opens in new tab)

June 27: Helen Keller Day in the United States George II at Dettingen 678 – Pope Agatho, later venerated as a saint in both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, began his pontificate. 1743 – War of the Austrian Succession: In the last time that a British monarch led troops in battle, Allied forces commanded by George II (depicted) defeated the French army at Dettingen, Bavaria. 1869 – The military phase of the Meiji Restoration in Japan was completed with an imperial victory in the Bos...