Famous Deaths In May - 27

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

0735  On May - 27 death of bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673)  

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

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

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

1178  Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 May - 27 jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54  

1569  Francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies on this day in history.  

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

1580  Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies on this day in history.  

1596  On May - 27 tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies  

1610  On this day in history death of françois Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)  

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 this day in history.  

1638  On May - 27 nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71  

1652  Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

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

1702  Death of Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628) on May - 27.  

1707  Death of Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640) on this day in history.  

1708  On this day in history jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51  

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

1781  On May - 27 death of giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1831  On May - 27 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 this day in history.  

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1332  On May - 27 birth of ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)  

1519  Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594) was born on this day in history.  

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

1595  On May - 27 birth of benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer  

1601  On this day in history 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  William II, prince of Orange/stadholder was born on this day in history.  

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