1727
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| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s |
| Years: | 1724 1725 1726 - 1727 - 1728 1729 1730 |
| 1727 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Countries: Canada |
| Great Britain - Mexico |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1727 (MDCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1727
[edit] January - June
- June 11 - George, Prince of Wales becomes King George II of Great Britain.
[edit] July - December
- September 8 - A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambs, UK kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
- November 18 - Earthquake in Tazriz, Persia: about 77,000 dead.
[edit] Undated
- 1727 to 1800 - Lt. Col. Francisco de Melo Palheta smuggles coffee seeds to Brazil in a bouquet starting a coffee empire.
- Last execution for witchcraft in Scotland.
- The first Amish move to America.
- The Royal Bank of Scotland is founded by royal charter in Edinburgh.
- Catholic Charities is founded in New Orleans, USA, by the French Ursuline Sisters.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1727 MDCCXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2480 |
| Armenian calendar | 1176 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -117 – -116 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2271 |
| Chinese calendar | 4363/4423-12-10 (丙午年十二月初十日) — to —
4364/4424-11-19(丁未年十一月十九日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1719 – 1720 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5487 – 5488 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1782 – 1783 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1649 – 1650 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4828 – 4829 |
| Holocene calendar | 11727 |
| Iranian calendar | 1105 – 1106 |
| Islamic calendar | 1139 – 1140 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 12 (享保12年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2387 (皇紀2387年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11727 |
| Julian calendar | 1772 |
| Korean calendar | 4060 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2270 |
- January 2 - James Wolfe, British general (died 1759)
- May 10 - Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (died 1781)
- May 14 - Thomas Gainsborough, English artist (died 1788)
- November 26 - Artemas Ward, American Major General (died 1800)
- December 6 - Johann Gottfried Zinn (died 1757)
- December 27 - Arthur Murphy, Irish writer (died 1805)
[edit] Unknown dates
- (none)
- See also Category: 1727 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 22 - Francesco Gasparini, Italian composer (born 1661)
- March 31 - Sir Isaac Newton, British scientist (born 1642)
- May 17 - Empress Catherine I of Russia (born 1684)
- June 8 - August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (born 1663)
- June 11 - King George I of Great Britain (born 1660)
- July 23 - Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born c.1660)
- August 4 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (born 1647)
- August 14 - William Croft, English composer (born 1678)
- September 7 - Glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman and diarist (born 1647)
- November 10 - Alphonse de Tonty, French explorer and American settler (born 1659)
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[edit] Unknown dates
- Jakob Abbadie, Swiss Protestant preacher (born c.1654)
- See also Category: 1727 deaths.
