1727

Events

• 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.

Births

• May 10 - Anne Robert Turgot, statesman (+ 1781)
• May 14 - Thomas Gainsborough, artist (+ 1788)
• Charlotte Ramsey Lennox, English author and poet (d. 1804)

Deaths

• March 20 - Sir Isaac Newton, British scientist.
• May 17 - Empress Catherine I of Russia.
• June 11 - King George I of Great Britain.
• Jakob Abbadie - Swiss protestant preacher

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