Famous Deaths Happened In May - 27

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

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

1576  Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

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

1601  Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648) was born on May - 27.   

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

1626  On May - 27 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)