27 BC
Year 27 BC was either a common year starting on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday or a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century |
| Decades: | 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC – 20s BC – 10s BC 0s BC 0s |
| Years: | 30 BC 29 BC 28 BC – 27 BC – 26 BC 25 BC 24 BC |
| Gregorian calendar | 27 BC XXVI BC |
| Ab urbe condita | 727 |
| Ancient Greek era | 188th Olympiad, year 2 |
| Assyrian calendar | 4724 |
| Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
| Bengali calendar | −619 |
| Berber calendar | 924 |
| Buddhist calendar | 518 |
| Burmese calendar | −664 |
| Byzantine calendar | 5482–5483 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸巳年 (Water Snake) 2670 or 2610 — to — 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 2671 or 2611 |
| Coptic calendar | −310 – −309 |
| Discordian calendar | 1140 |
| Ethiopian calendar | −34 – −33 |
| Hebrew calendar | 3734–3735 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 30–31 |
| - Shaka Samvat | N/A |
| - Kali Yuga | 3074–3075 |
| Holocene calendar | 9974 |
| Iranian calendar | 648 BP – 647 BP |
| Islamic calendar | 668 BH – 667 BH |
| Javanese calendar | N/A |
| Julian calendar | 27 BC XXVI BC |
| Korean calendar | 2307 |
| Minguo calendar | 1938 before ROC 民前1938年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −1494 |
| Seleucid era | 285/286 AG |
| Thai solar calendar | 516–517 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水蛇年 (female Water-Snake) 100 or −281 or −1053 — to — 阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 101 or −280 or −1052 |
Events
- January 16 – The Roman Senate votes Octavian the title of Augustus. He accepts this honor, having declined the alternative title of Romulus. He is known as Augustus afterwards.
- Augustus becomes consul for the seventh time. His partner Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa becomes consul for the third time.
- Augustus, as consul, returns power to the Senate of Rome.
- Augustus starts a new military reform.
- Northern statue of the Colossi of Memnon is shattered by an earthquake in Egypt (according to Strabo).
Deaths
- Marcus Terentius Varro, Roman scholar (b. 116 BC)
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