Famous Deaths In May - 27

0366  Death of Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) on May - 27.  

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

0866  On May - 27 ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies  

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

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

1525  On May - 27 death of thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader  

1541  Death of Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded on May - 27.  

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1549  On May - 27 death of lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns  

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  On May - 27 jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies  

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

1610  Death of François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578) on this day in history.  

1615  On May - 27 death of marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553)  

1627  On May - 27 everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73  

1638  Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1652  Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39 on May - 27.  

1661  Death of Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 on this day in history.  

1675  On this day in history death of gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613)  

1690  On this day in history giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63  

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

1768  On May - 27 johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies  

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

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  Death of Jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799) on May - 27.  

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  Ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah) was born on this day in history.  

1519  Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594) was born on May - 27.  

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

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

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

1623  On May - 27 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 this day in history.