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Year 927 (CMXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link 'will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Asia

  • The Chu State is founded by Ma Yin.
  • Korea: Hubaekje sacks the Silla capital of Gyeongju, and places King Gyeongsun on the throne.
  • Hubaekje and Goryeo forces fight near Daegu; the Goryeo army is routed.

    • Europe

  • Peter I succeeds Simeon the Great on the throne of Bulgaria, and is recognised as Tsar by the Byzantine Empire.
  • July 12 – After a long process of annexations, the various small kingdoms within what is now England are unified by Æthelstan, creating the Kingdom of England. Æthelstan secures a pledge from Constantine II of Scotland, that the latter will not ally with Viking kings.
  • August 15 – The ancient city of Taranto, in southern Italy, is destroyed by the Saracens.
  • A Hungarian army fights in Rome, helping Margave Peter against Pope John X. The Hungarians then go to southern Italy, and conquer the cities of Taranto and Oria.

    • Religion

  • The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is recognised as autocephalous, by the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

    • Births

  • March 21 – Zhao Kuangyin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizu of Song

    • Deaths

  • May 27 – Simeon I of Bulgaria
  • Ha-Mim, Moroccan prophet
  • Ibn al-Dahhak, Kurdish chieftain

    • References

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