Famous Deaths In May - 27

0366  Death of Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1039  Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

1178  On this day in history 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  Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55 on May - 27.  

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

1541  On May - 27 death of margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded  

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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  Francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies on May - 27.  

1576  On this day in history death of louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44  

1580  On May - 27 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  Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73 on May - 27.  

1638  Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71 on May - 27.  

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

1690  On May - 27 giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63  

1702  Death of Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628) on this day in history.  

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  Death of Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716) on this day in history.  

1790  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 on May - 27.  

1797  Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 on this day in history.  

1831  Death of Jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799) on this day in history.  

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

1855  On May - 27 nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies  

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

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

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

1595  On this day in history birth of benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer  

1601  On May - 27 birth of antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)  

1623  On this day in history birth of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)  

1626  On May - 27 birth of william II, prince of Orange/stadholder  

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