What happened on 27 July?

10 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1694 Bank of England founded World's second central bank; underwrites Britain's military and imperial spending.
2. 1953 Korean War armistice Armistice at Panmunjom ends fighting at the 38th parallel without a peace treaty.
3. 1214 Battle of Bouvines Philip II Augustus crushes a coalition of John of England, the Holy Roman Emperor, and Flanders.
4. 1830 July Revolution overthrows Charles X Parisian revolt overthrows the ultra-royalist Charles X and installs Louis-Philippe.
5. 1794 Thermidorian Reaction Robespierre and his allies arrested and guillotined; ends the Reign of Terror; ushers in conservative Directory.
6. 2012 London 2012 Summer Olympics Spectacular Games on the Stratford site mark a high point of British 2010s confidence.
7. 1967 Welsh Language Act 1967 The first act to give the Welsh language a measure of official status in courts and public life.
8. 1656 Spinoza excommunicated Amsterdam's Jewish community expels the philosopher whose rationalism would help found the Enlightenment.
9. 1809 Battle of Talavera Wellesley defeats French at Talavera in Spain; opens Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese offensive in the Peninsular War.
10. 1967 Sexual Offences Act 1967 Decriminalises male homosexual acts in private in England and Wales; first step toward LGBT equality.