Famous Deaths In May - 27

0366  On May - 27 death of procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)  

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

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

0927  Death of Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927) on May - 27.  

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

1178  Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies on May - 27.  

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  On this day in history death of margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded  

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1549  Death of Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns on this day in history.  

1564  On May - 27 jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54  

1569  On this day in history francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies  

1576  Death of Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44 on May - 27.  

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 May - 27 death of françois Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)  

1615  On this day in history death of marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553)  

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

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

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

1661  On this day in history death of archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53  

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 this day in history.  

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

1708  On May - 27 jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51  

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

1781  Death of Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716) on May - 27.  

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

1840  Niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57 on May - 27.  

1855  On this day in history 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  Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.  

1595  Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1626  William II, prince of Orange/stadholder was born on this day in history.  

1651  On May - 27 birth of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)