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 May - 27.  

0866  Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies on this day in history.  

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

1444  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader  

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

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1549  Death of Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns on May - 27.  

1564  Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1569  On May - 27 francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies  

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

1580  On this day in history jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies  

1596  Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies on this day in history.  

1610  On May - 27 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 this day in history.  

1627  Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1638  On this day in history nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71  

1652  On May - 27 jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39  

1661  Death of Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 on May - 27.  

1675  Death of Gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613) on this day in history.  

1690  Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63 on May - 27.  

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

1768  Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies on this day in history.  

1781  Death of Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716) on this day in history.  

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  On May - 27 francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36  

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

1840  Niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1855  Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies on May - 27.  

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

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

1576  On May - 27 birth of caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649)  

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

1601  Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.  

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 May - 27.  

1651  On this day in history birth of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)