1727

Events 
 1727 to 1800 – Lt. Col. Francisco de Melo Palheta smuggles coffee seeds to Brazil in a bouquet starting a coffee empire.
 June 11 – George, Prince of Wales becomes King George II of Great Britain.
 November 18–Earthquake in Tazriz, Persia – about 77,000 dead
 Last execution for witchcraft in Scotland
 First Amish move to America
 The Royal Bank of Scotland is founded by royal charter in Edinburgh.
 Catholic Charities is founded in New Orleans, United States, by the French Ursuline Sisters.
 Deaths 
  – Isaac Newton, English scientist (b. 1643)