1627
| Years: 1624 1625 1626 – 1627 – 1628 1629 1630 | |
| Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s – 1620s – 1630s 1640s 1650s | |
| Centuries: 16th century – 17th century – 18th century 1627 in topic: | |
Events
- A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia.
- The aurochs are hunted to extinction, the last being killed by poachers in Poland.
- England places the first European settlers on Barbados.
- Siege of La Rochelle begins
- Korea becomes a tributary state of China
Births
- March 27 – Sir Stephen Fox, English statesman (d. 1716)
- September 27 – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and writer (d. 1704)
- November 29 – John Ray, English biologist (d. 1705)
- Sir John Flavel, English dissenter (d. 1691)
- Philip Fruytiers, Flemish painter (d. 1666)
Deaths
- April 19 – Sir John Beaumont, English poet (b. 1583)
- June 27 – Sir John Hayward, English historian
- September 20 – Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar (b. 1560)
- Thomas Middleton, English playwright (b. 1580)
- Sir John Suckling, English politician (b. 1569)
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