Famous Deaths In May - 27

0366  On May - 27 death of procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)   

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673) on May - 27.   

0866  Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies on May - 27.   

0927  Death of Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927) on this day in history.   

1039  On May - 27 dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies   

1178  On May - 27 godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

1444  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404) on this day in history.   

1508  On this day in history ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55   

1525  Death of Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader on May - 27.   

1541  Death of Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded on this day in history.   

1549  On May - 27 death of lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns   

1564  On this day in history jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54   

1569  On this day in history francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies   

1576  Death of Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44 on this day in history.   

1580  On May - 27 jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies   

1596  On this day in history tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies   

1610  Death of François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578) on May - 27.   

1615  Death of Marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553) on this day in history.   

1627  Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1638  On this day in history nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71   

1652  On May - 27 jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39   

1661  Death of Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 on this day in history.   

1675  On May - 27 death of gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613)   

1690  Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1702  On May - 27 death of dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628)   

1707  Death of Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640) on May - 27.   

1708  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies   

1781  Death of Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716) on May - 27.   

1790  On May - 27 jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed & stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89   

1797  On May - 27 francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36   

1831  On this day in history death of jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799)   

1840  On this day in history niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57   

1855  Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies on May - 27.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Next Page »

1332  Ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah) was born on May - 27.   

1519  On this day in history birth of girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)   

1576  On this day in history birth of caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649)   

1595  Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1601  Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

1623  William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of william II, prince of Orange/stadholder   

1651  On this day in history birth of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)