1. In 1830, Lyman Beecher, a prominent Presbyterian minister and father to Harriet Beecher Stowe, delivered a series of sermons in Burlington denouncing the consumption of alcohol. This sparked a movement known as the Temperance movement, which sought to promote abstinence from alcohol.

2. On January 27, 1802, Vermont became the first state to abolish slavery through gradual emancipation. This act freed children born to enslaved parents after July 1, 1799, and those reaching the age of 21. However, slavery was not fully abolished in the state until the 13th Amendment was ratified in 1865.

3. Vermont's first governor, Thomas Chittenden, was born on January 27, 1730. Chittenden served as governor for a total of 25 years spread out over five non-consecutive terms. He was instrumental in establishing Vermont as an independent republic for 14 years before it became the 14th state in 1791.

4. In 1883, the Vermont State Hospital for the Insane opened in Waterbury. The hospital was the first in a network of psychiatric hospitals established in Vermont to care for those with mental illness. The hospital was eventually renamed the Vermont State Hospital and remained in operation until it was flooded during Hurricane Irene in 2011.

5. On January 27, 1842, the University of Vermont admitted its first female student, Ellen A. E. Smith. Smith was the daughter of a UVM professor and was allowed to enroll on a trial basis. The university officially admitted women in 1871, making it among the first institutions of higher learning in the country to do so.