Editing 1727 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 1]] &ndash; In India, [[Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan]] becomes the new [[Nawab of Bengal]] after the death of his father-in-law, [[Murshid Quli Khan]].  At the time, Bengal consists of what is now the nation of [[Bangladesh]] and the southeast Indian state of [[West Bengal]] and is subservient to the [[Mughal Empire]].
* [[July 23]] &ndash; Seventeen [[Ursulines|Ursuline Sisters]] from [[France]] land in [[History of the Ursulines in New Orleans|New Orleans]], in the [[Louisiana (New France)|Louisiana territory]] of [[New France]], after a journey that began on February 22.<ref>Mary Ellen Snodgrass, ''American Colonial Women and Their Art: A Chronological Encyclopedia'' (Rowman & Littlefield, 2017) p46</ref>  They later create the orphanage which is the predecessor of [[Catholic Charities]] and the [[Ursuline Academy (New Orleans, Louisiana)|Ursuline Academy]], the oldest [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] school in the [[United States]].
* [[August 13]] &ndash; [[History of the Moravian Church#The 18th century renewal under Zinzendorf|History of the Moravian Church: The 18th century renewal]]: The [[Moravian Church]] community at [[Herrnhut]] undergoes a [[Pentecostalist]] experience.
* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[1727 British general election|Elections for the House of Commons begin in Great Britain]] and continue until October 17.
* [[August 30]] &ndash; [[Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange|Anne]], eldest daughter of King [[George II of Great Britain]], is given the title [[Princess Royal]].
* [[September 8]] &ndash; A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of [[Burwell, Cambridgeshire]], England, kills 78 people, many of them children.  Another report says that all but six of the 160 persons assembled were killed in the accidental fire.<ref name=Fires>"Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p49</ref>