1627

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s

Years: 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 - 1627 - 1628 1629 1630 1631 1632

• A Dutch ship makes the first recorded sighting of the coast of South Australia.
• The aurochs is hunted to extinction, the last being killed by poachers in Poland.
• England places the first European settlers on Barbados.

Births

• January 25 - Robert Boyle, chemist (+ 1691)
• John Ray, biologist.

Deaths