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 | |
| 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 |
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
By place
Byzantine Empire
- 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]
Europe
- 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]
Asia
- 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.
By topic
Religion
- 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.
Births
- January 9 – Dai Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 779)
- Fujiwara no Tsuginawa, Japanese statesman (d. 796)
- Liu Peng, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 785)
- Sakanoue no Karitamaro, Japanese general (d. 786)
- Yang Yan, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 781)
Deaths
- Frithuswith, Anglo-Saxon princess and abbess
- April 18 – Agallianos Kontoskeles, Byzantine commander and rebel leader
- May 30 – Hubertus, bishop of Liège
- Murchad mac Brain Mut, king of Leinster (Ireland)
- Paul, exarch of Ravenna
- Yi Xing, Chinese astronomer and mechanical engineer (b. 683)
References
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