Famous Deaths Happened In May - 27

0366  Death of Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) on May - 27.   

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673) on this day in history.   

0866  On this day in history ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies   

0927  On May - 27 death of symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927)   

1039  On this day in history 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 May - 27.   

1508  On May - 27 ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55   

1525  Death of Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader on this day in history.   

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

1549  On this day in history death of lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns   

1564  Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1569  On May - 27 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 this day in history jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies   

1596  Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies on May - 27.   

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 May - 27.   

1627  On this day in history everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73   

1638  Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1661  On May - 27 death of archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53   

1675  On this day in history death of gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613)   

1690  Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63 on May - 27.   

1702  On this day in history death of dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628)   

1707  On May - 27 death of marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)   

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

1768  Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies on May - 27.   

1781  On this day in history death of giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716)   

1790  On this day in history 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  Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 on May - 27.   

1831  Death of Jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799) on May - 27.   

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.   

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1332  On this day in history birth of ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)   

1519  On May - 27 birth of girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)   

1576  Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649) was born on May - 27.   

1595  Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer was born on May - 27.   

1601  On this day in history birth of antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)   

1623  On May - 27 birth of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)   

1626  William II, prince of Orange/stadholder was born on May - 27.   

1651  Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729) was born on May - 27.