Editing AD 727 (section)

=== 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]].