1627
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s 1640s 1650s |
| Years: | 1624 1625 1626 - 1627 - 1628 1629 1630 |
| 1627 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1627 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1627
[edit] January - June
- (unknown)
[edit] July - December
- July 22 - English under the Duke of Buckingham invade the Ré Island in support of the Huguenots in La Rochelle. The invasion does not go well.
- July 27 - An earthquake destroys the cities of San Severo and Torremaggiore in southern Italy.
- September - Siege of La Rochelle begins.
[edit] Undated
- A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia.
- The aurochs are hunted to extinction, the last being killed by poachers in Poland.
- England places the first European settlers on Barbados.
- Korea becomes a tributary state of China.
- Black gun powder is first used in mining, in a mineshaft under Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1627 MDCXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2380 |
| Armenian calendar | 1076 ԹՎ ՌՀԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -217 – -216 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2171 |
| Chinese calendar | 4263/4323-11-14 (丙寅年十一月十四日) — to —
4264/4324-11-24(丁卯年十一月廿四日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1619 – 1620 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5387 – 5388 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1682 – 1683 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1549 – 1550 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4728 – 4729 |
| Holocene calendar | 11627 |
| Iranian calendar | 1005 – 1006 |
| Islamic calendar | 1036 – 1037 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 4 (寛永4年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2287 (皇紀2287年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11627 |
| Julian calendar | 1672 |
| Korean calendar | 3960 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2170 |
- January 25 - Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (died 1691)
- March 27 - Sir Stephen Fox, English statesman (died 1716)
- May 29 - Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French bishop and writer (died 1704)
- November 29 - John Ray, English biologist (died 1705)
- date unknown
- Sir John Flavel, English dissenter (died 1691)
- Philip Fruytiers, Flemish painter (died 1666)
- Roland Roghman, Dutch painter (died 1692)
- Turhan Hatice, regent of the Ottoman empire (died 1682)
- See also Category:1627 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 22 - Olivier van Noort, Dutch navigator (born 1558)
- March 6 - Krzysztof Zbaraski, Polish statesman (born 1580)
- April 19 - Sir John Beaumont, English poet (born 1583)
- May 2 - Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (born 1560)
- May 24 - Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (born 1561)
- June 27 - Sir John Hayward, English historian (born c. 1560)
- August 21 - Jacques Mauduit, French composer (born 1557)
- September 20 - Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar (born 1560)
- October 28 - Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (born 1569)
- date unknown
- Thomas Middleton, English playwright (born 1580)
- Sir John Suckling, English politician (born 1569)
- See also Category:1627 deaths.
