Editing AD 727

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Year '''727''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCCXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] 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 ==
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=== By place ===
==== Byzantine Empire ====
* A revolt breaks out in [[Greece]] against the religious policies of Emperor [[Leo III the Isaurian|Leo III]] (see [[726]]). A rebel fleet under [[Agallianos Kontoskeles]] sets out for [[Constantinople]] with Kosmas, an anti-emperor, but is destroyed by the [[Byzantine navy|Byzantine fleet]] through the use of [[Greek fire]].<ref>Pryor & Jeffreys (2006), pp. 32, 46, 73</ref>
* [[Siege of Nicaea (727)|Siege of Nicaea]]: Muslim forces under [[Mu'awiya ibn Hisham]] (son of [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]] caliph [[Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik]]) penetrate deep into [[Asia Minor]], and sack the fortress city of [[Çankırı|Gangra]], but unsuccessfully lay [[siege]] to [[Nicaea]] (northwestern [[Anatolia]]).<ref>Canard (1986), pp. 1002–1003</ref><ref>Blankinship (1994), p. 120</ref>

==== Europe ====
* A revolt breaks out in [[Italy]] against Leo's [[Byzantine Iconoclasm|Iconoclasm]]; this results in the independence of the [[Exarchate of Ravenna]], after part of a Byzantine invasion force is lost in a [[storm]] in the [[Adriatic Sea]], and the remainder of Byzantine troops are repulsed.  
* King [[Liutprand, King of the Lombards|Liutprand]] takes advantage of the anti-imperial turmoil. He conquers [[Bologna]] and other cities beyond the [[Po (river)|Po River]] ([[Northern Italy]]). The [[Kingdom of the Lombards|Lombards]] take ''"Classis"'', the strategic seaport of [[Ravenna]], and overrun the [[Duchy of the Pentapolis|Pentapolis]].<ref>Mann, p. 187</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[Arab–Khazar wars#Escalation of the conflict|Arab–Khazar War]]: The [[Khazars]] drive back the [[Arab Muslims|Muslim]] invasion, led by [[Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik]], into [[Mesopotamia]]. Reinforced with [[Syria]]n troops, Maslama counterattacks and takes [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], establishing the northern frontier on the [[South Caucasus|Caucasus]].

==== Central America ====
*[[January 6]] &ndash; [[Ucha'an K'in B'alam]] becomes the new [[Maya rulers|ruler of the Mayan city state]] at [[Dos Pilas]] in [[Guatemala]] after the death of [[Itzamnaaj K'awiil]] and reigns until [[741]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* July &ndash; [[Pope Gregory II]] condemns [[iconoclasm]] at [[Rome]], causing Italy to break with the [[Byzantine Empire]]. He becomes the virtual temporal ruler of most Byzantine possessions. 
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== Births ==
* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[Emperor Daizong of Tang|Dai Zong]], emperor of the [[Tang dynasty|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 (Tang dynasty)|Yang Yan]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty#Chancellors de facto of the second grade|chancellor]] of the Tang Dynasty (d. [[781]])

== Deaths ==
* [[April 18]] &ndash; [[Agallianos Kontoskeles]], Byzantine commander and rebel leader
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Saint Hubertus (first Bishop of Liège)|Hubertus]], [[Prince-Bishopric of Liège|bishop of Liège]]
* [[October 19]] &ndash; [[Frithuswith]] or Frideswide, Anglo-Saxon princess and [[abbess]]
* [[Murchad mac Brain Mut]], king of [[Leinster]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Paul (exarch)|Paul]], exarch of [[Exarchate of Ravenna|Ravenna]]
* [[Yi Xing]], Chinese [[astronomer]] and [[Mechanical engineering|mechanical engineer]] (b. [[683]])

== References ==
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