1727
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| Years: 1724 1725 1726 - 1727 - 1728 1729 1730 | |
| Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1727 in topic: Lists of leaders: | |
Events
- June 11 - George, Prince of Wales becomes King George II of Great Britain.
- November 18 – Earthquake in Tazriz, Persia - about 77.000 dead
- Last execution for witchcraft in Scotland
- First Amish move to America
- The Royal Bank of Scotland is founded by royal charter in Edinburgh.
Births
- January 2 - James Wolfe, British general (d. 1759)
- May 10 - Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (d. 1781)
- May 14 - Thomas Gainsborough, English artist (d. 1788)
Deaths
- February 22 - Francesco Gasparini, Italian composer (b. 1661)
- March 31 - Sir Isaac Newton, British scientist (b. 1642)
- May 17 - Empress Catherine I of Russia
- May 31 - Metropolitan Philotheus of Tobolsk
- June 8 - August Hermann Francke, German protestant minister (b. 1663)
- June 11 - King George I of Great Britain (b. 1660)
- July 23 - Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
- August 4 - Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)
- August 14 - William Croft, English composer (b. 1678)
- September 7 - Glückel of Hameln, German businesswoman and diarist (b. 1647)
- November 10 - Alphonse de Tonty, French explorer and American settler (b. 1659)
- Jakob Abbadie, Swiss protestant preacher
