36 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (4)
In the fifth lunar month of 1827 Laurent Nu-ga (Laurent Luke) was arrested at a believer's house in Danyang (Tan-iang) with about 20 other believers. The text says the informer meant to share the ransom money. (Dallet, History of the Church in Korea part_12 줄 1154–1165)
Laurent Nu-ga received a death sentence, but it was commuted to exile at Musan (Mou-san) in Hamgyeong, and he was sent to the far north. On the way into exile he said he would teach more believers. (Dallet, History of the Church in Korea part_12 줄 1186–1197)
Laurent Nu-ga died at his place of exile in Musan after eating rice-flour cake mixed with salt. The text gives two accounts: December 1827 and March 1828. (Dallet, History of the Church in Korea part_12 줄 1203–1212)
Orders relief for flood victims following the Pyeongan Governor's report (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 純祖實錄 二十七年 · 純祖實錄 29책 29권 19장 A면 · 기사 wwa_12707004_002)
Orders the Chinese castaways escorted by land (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 純祖實錄 二十七年 · 純祖實錄 29책 29권 20장 A면 · 기사 wwa_12707011_004)
Following Gongchungdo Governor Seo Jun-bo's flood report, orders relief for the people (Annals of the Joseon Dynasty 純祖實錄 二十七年 · 純祖實錄 29책 29권 39장 A면 · 기사 wwa_12708020_005)
In February 1827 the Gokseong office issued an arrest order for believers after a tavern keeper in a pottery village informed on them (handing over a doctrinal book); the persecution spread across all of Jeolla. (Dallet, History of the Church in Korea work/part_11.txt 줄 968~971)
Some 240 believers seized in Gosan and elsewhere gathered in Jeonju. Governor Ni Gwang-mun chose exile and death in prison over execution (many apostatized). (Dallet, History of the Church in Korea work/part_11.txt 줄 1001~1004)
During the 1827 persecution, the believer Job Ni was seized in Taepan village in Imsil (Im-sil) and taken to Jeonju; he was sentenced to death and left in prison. (Dallet, History of the Church in Korea work/part_11.txt 줄 1232~1233)
In 1827 in Gosan (Ko-san) village, the believer Pierre Kim Tai-koan was seized by over 100 officers and taken to the Gosan office; later moved to Jeonju, tortured, and refused to apostatize. (Dallet, History of the Church in Korea work/part_11.txt 줄 1307~1309)
At dawn on the 22nd of the fourth lunar month of 1827, Pierre Sin was arrested by Jeonju officers in Tsat-kol village under Sangju; they surrounded the house and took him away. (Dallet, History of the Church in Korea work/part_11.txt 줄 1465~1467)
On the night of the 21st of the fourth lunar month of 1827, Paul Ni Tsiong-hoi was arrested in Hanyang by officers from Jeonju, taken to Jeonju and questioned about the pictures and books he possessed. (Dallet, History of the Church in Korea work/part_11.txt 줄 2107~2109)
In 1827 a letter from Korean believers reached Rome. Written around 1825, it earnestly asked for priests to be sent. (Dallet, History of the Church in Korea part_12 줄 2487–2495)
The Propaganda Fide sent an official letter asking the Paris Foreign Missions Society to take charge of the Korean church. (Dallet, History of the Church in Korea p.8)
The Americas (14)
Letter written at Puerto Cabello (3 January 1827) — to Fernando Peñalver. (Letters of Simón Bolívar vicente-lecuna-cartas-del-libertador-tomo-vi.txt:L7087)
Letter written at Valencia (5 January 1827) — arrived yesterday and reports to Urdaneta an enthusiastic welcome. [Addressee: Excellent Sir, General in Chief Rafael Urdaneta.] (Letters of Simón Bolívar vicente-lecuna-cartas-del-libertador-tomo-vi.txt:L7332)
Letter written at La Victoria (8 January 1827) — sends Ibarra as governor of Caracas. [Addressee: My first aide-de-camp, General Diego Ibarra, is passing to the city of Ciu-] (Letters of Simón Bolívar vicente-lecuna-cartas-del-libertador-tomo-vi.txt:L7475)
Letter written at Caracas (12 January 1827) — to General Pedro Briceño Méndez. (Letters of Simón Bolívar vicente-lecuna-cartas-del-libertador-tomo-vi.txt:L7489)
Letter written at La Guaira (2 February 1827) — to General Pedro Briceño Méndez. (Letters of Simón Bolívar vicente-lecuna-cartas-del-libertador-tomo-vi.txt:L8644)
Letter written at Bogotá (15 March 1827) — to His Excellency the Liberator President, etc., etc. (Letters of Simón Bolívar vicente-lecuna-cartas-del-libertador-tomo-vi.txt:L13863)
Letter written at Caracas (2 May 1827) — to General Mariano Montilla. (Letters of Simón Bolívar vicente-lecuna-cartas-del-libertador-tomo-vi.txt:L14290)
Letter written at Cartagena (11 July 1827) — a letter to the British Foreign Secretary Canning. [Addressee: Excellent Sir Jorge Canning.] (Letters of Simón Bolívar vicente-lecuna-cartas-del-libertador-tomo-vi.txt:L16829)
Letter written at Turbaco (30 July 1827) — to His Excellency General Rafael Urdaneta, etc. (Letters of Simón Bolívar vicente-lecuna-cartas-del-libertador-tomo-vi.txt:L17471)
Letter written at Arjona (9 August 1827) — to Señora Petronila de Fernández Madrid. (Letters of Simón Bolívar vicente-lecuna-cartas-del-libertador-tomo-vii.txt:L289)