727

This article is about the year 727. For the number, see 727 (number). For the airplane, see Boeing 727. For other uses, see 727 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	7th century – 8th century – 9th century
Decades:	690s 700s 710s – 720s – 730s 740s 750s
Years:	724 725 726 – 727 – 728 729 730

727 by topic
Politics
State leaders – Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births – Deaths
Establishment and disestablishment categories
Establishments – Disestablishments

727 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	727 DCCXXVII
Ab urbe condita	1480
Armenian calendar	176 ԹՎ ՃՀԶ
Assyrian calendar	5477
Bengali calendar	134
Berber calendar	1677
Buddhist calendar	1271
Burmese calendar	89
Byzantine calendar	6235–6236
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 3423 or 3363 — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 3424 or 3364
Coptic calendar	443–444
Discordian calendar	1893
Ethiopian calendar	719–720
Hebrew calendar	4487–4488
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	783–784
- Shaka Samvat	649–650
- Kali Yuga	3828–3829
Holocene calendar	10727
Iranian calendar	105–106
Islamic calendar	108–109
Japanese calendar	Jinki 4 (神亀４年)
Julian calendar	727 DCCXXVII
Korean calendar	3060
Minguo calendar	1185 before ROC 民前1185年
Seleucid era	1038/1039 AG
Thai solar calendar	1269–1270

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Possibly image of Hubertus (c. 656–727)

Year 727 (DCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 727 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

Anti-imperial revolt breaks out in Greece against the religious policies of emperor Leo III (see 726). A rebel fleet under Agallianos Kontoskeles sets out for Constantinople with an anti-emperor but is destroyed by the Byzantine fleet through the use of Greek fire.^[1]
Siege of Nicaea: Muslim forces under Mu'awiya ibn Hisham (son of Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik) penetrate deep into Asia Minor, and sack the fortress city of Gangra but unsuccessfully lay siege to Nicaea (northwestern Anatolia).^[2]^[3]

Revolt breaks out in Italy against Leo's Iconoclasm – This results in the independence of the Exarchate of Ravenna, after a part of an Byzantine invasion force is lost in a storm in the Adriatic Sea and the remainder of Byzantine troops are repulsed.
King Liutprand takes advantage of the anti-imperial turmoil. He conquers Bologna and other cities beyond the Po River (Northern Italy). The Lombards take "Classis", the strategic seaport of Ravenna, and overrun the Pentapolis.^[4]

Arab–Khazar War: The Khazars drive back the Muslim invasion led by Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik into Mesopotamia. Reinforced with Syrian troops, Maslama counterattacks and takes Georgia, establishing the northern frontier on the Caucasus.

July – Pope Gregory II at Rome condemns iconoclasm, causing Italy to break with the Byzantine Empire. He becomes the virtual temporal ruler of most Byzantine possessions.