Famous Deaths Happened In May - 27
Friday, 11 July 2025
0366 Death of Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) on this day in history.
0735 On this day in history death of bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673)
0866 Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies on May - 27.
0927 Death of Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927) on May - 27.
1039 Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.
1178 On May - 27 godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies
1444 On May - 27 death of john Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404)
1508 On May - 27 ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55
1525 On May - 27 death of thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader
1541 Death of Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded on this day in history.
1549 Death of Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns on this day in history.
1564 Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54 on May - 27.
1569 Francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies on this day in history.
1576 Death of Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44 on this day in history.
1580 Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies on May - 27.
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 this day in history.
1615 Death of Marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553) on this day in history.
1627 On this day in history everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73
1638 On this day in history nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71
1652 Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39 on May - 27.
1661 Death of Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 on May - 27.
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 On May - 27 jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51
1768 On May - 27 johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies
1781 On this day in history death of giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716)
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 Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 on this day in history.
1831 On this day in history death of jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799)
1840 On May - 27 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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