History
1727
General
Population: 686 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Philippe Destouches, John Gay Fables, Moses Hayyim Luzzatto (Hebrew drama), John Balguy The Foundation of Moral Goodness,
Francesco Scipione Maffei (diplomacy), Daniel Defoe (tradesmen's handbook), Pope Swift and Dr. Abuthnot (Satirical periodical)
Art includes William Kent "The Designs of Inigo Jones", John Michael Rysbrack "George I"
Music includes Handel's coronation anthem
- Science: Stephen Hales writes about the nutrition of plants and plant physiology
- Sports: Racing Calendar published for first time showing records run previous year
- Technology: JH Schulze pioneers photography
- Deaths: George I of England, Sir Isaac Newton, Czarina Catherine of Russia, Composer Francesco Gasparini,
Africa
- Morocco: Death of Mulai Ismail followed by 30 years of anarchy
Americas
- Brazil: Coffee first planted in Brazil by Europeans
first discovery of diamonds in area where gold is mined
Asia
- General: Amur frontier between China and Russia rectified by Kyakhta treaty
Europe
- General: Spanish siege of Gibraltar – war between Spain and England - France also against Spain
- German States: Hildebrandt creates Mirabell Palace at Salzburg
- Great Britain: Death of George I of England on his way to Hanover GER - George II rules with wife Caroline – crowned with Handel's music and great pomp
Society of Friends (Quakers) demands abolition of slavery in Britain
Kilt invented by an Englishman
First marriage advertisement in a paper (Manchester)
England first uses Hessian mercenaries
- Ireland: Famine
- Russia: Death of Czarina Catherine of Russia – Peter II grandson of Peter the Great rules
Middle East
- General: Turks are driven from Transcaucasia by the Persians
Persians and Ottomans form alliance against Russia
- Persia: Earthquake in Tabriz kills 77,000
General
- Religion: British Quakers demand abolition of slavery
East
- Pennsylvania: American Philosophical Society founded in Philadelphia
Pennsylvania rifle invented