* 1666 – William Wotton, English scholar ( d. 1727 )

The movement was particularly dominated by François Quesnay ( 1694 – 1774 ) and Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot ( 1727 – 1781 ).

Meanwhile Newton ( 1642 – 1727 ) derived the relationship for wave velocity in solids, a cornerstone of physical acoustics ( Principia, 1687 ).

* 1727 – Louise Élisabeth of France ( d. 1759 )

* 1727 – Princess Henriette of France ( d. 1752 )

* 1727 – Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig

* 1666 – Johann Heinrich Buttstett, German organist and composer ( d. 1727 )

* 1727 – Michel Adanson, French botanist ( d. 1806 )

* Capetian House of Courtenay ( 1150 – 1727 )

* A tour thro ' the whole island of Great Britain, divided into circuits or journies ( 1724 – 1727 )

Isaac Newton's ( 1642 – 1727 ) mathematical explanation of universal gravitation explained the behavior both of objects here on earth and of objects in the heavens in a way that promoted a worldview in which the natural universe is controlled by laws of nature.

* 1678 – William Croft, English composer ( d. 1727 )

* Anne Darwin ( 12 November 1727 – 3 August 1813 )

* 1727 – Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian scientist ( d. 1817 )

* 1727 February – June – Second of the sieges by Spain tried to recapture Gibraltar ( Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar ).

* 1729-At the end of the Anglo-Spanish War of 1727 – 1729, the Treaty of Seville confirming all previous treaties ( including the Treaty of Utrecht ) allowed Great Britain to keep Menorca and Gibraltar.

Hans Egede's Hope Colony was organized under the auspices of the Bergen Greenland Company prior to its bankruptcy in 1727 ; it was succeeded by the merchant Jacob Severin ( 1733 – 1749 ), the General Trade Company ( Det almindelige Handelskompagni ; 1749 – 1774 ), and finally the Royal Greenland Trading Department ( KGH ; 1776 – 1908 ).

Inoculation was reportedly not widely practised in China until the reign of the Longqing Emperor ( r. 1567 – 1572 ) during the Ming Dynasty ( 1368 – 1644 ), as written by Yu Tianchi in his Shadou jijie ( 痧痘集解 ) of 1727, which he alleges was based on Wang Zhangren's Douzhen jinjing lu ( 痘疹金鏡錄 ) of 1579.

* 1727 – James Wolfe, British general ( d. 1759 )

On August 19, 1727, Bradley then embarked upon a further series of observations using a telescope of his own erected at the Rectory, Wanstead.

* 1663 – August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister ( d. 1727 )

Thomas Gainsborough ( christened 14 May 1727 – 2 August 1788 ) was an English portrait and landscape painter.

* August 2 – Thomas Gainsborough, British painter ( b. 1727 )

* August 13 – William Wotton, English scholar ( d. 1727 )

* March 22 – August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister ( d. 1727 )

George I ( George Louis ; ; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727 ) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 until his death, and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg ( Hanover ) in the Holy Roman Empire from 1698.

On 30 August 1727, as a child of the sovereign, William's difference changed to a label argent of three points, the centre point bearing a cross gules.

* George II ( r. 1727 – 60 ) ( Georg August = George Augustus )

August Hermann Francke ( 22 March 1663, Lübeck8 June 1727, Halle ) was a German Lutheran clergyman, philanthropist, and Biblical scholar.

Continued study and prayer in small groups known as banden resulted in a powerful sense of reconciliation in the community, leading to a powerful spiritual renewal on August 13, 1727 during a special communion service at the Berthelsdorf Church.

* August Hermann Francke ( 1663 – 1727 ), Lutheran Pietist theologian at the University of Halle and founder of the internationally renowned Halle Orphan House complex.

William Wotton ( 13 August 1666 – 13 February 1727 ) was an English scholar, chiefly remembered for his remarkable abilities in learning languages and for his involvement in the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns.

On 8 November 1727 in Vechelde, Christian August married Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp ( 24 October 1712-30 May 1760 ), daughter of Prince Christian August of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin and sister of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden.

The war began in August 1727 and ended in March 1728.

On 30 August 1727, George II created his eldest daughter Princess Royal.

* 11 June 1727 – 30 August 1727: Her Royal Highness The Princess Anne

* 30 August 1727 – 25 March 1734: Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal

On 30 August 1727, as a child of the sovereign, Anne's difference changed to a label argent of three points, each bearing a cross gules.

* August 3-Michel Adanson, French botanist ( born 1727 )

In August 1727, Maria gave birth to her first children, twin daughters named Louise Élisabeth de France and Henriette Anne de France, at the Palace of Versailles.

* March 22-August Hermann Francke, German theologian ( died 1727 )