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  On this day in history ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies   

0927  On this day in history death of symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927)   

1039  Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies on May - 27.   

1178  On May - 27 godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

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  Death of Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader on May - 27.   

1541  Death of Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded on this day in history.   

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

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

1569  Francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies on May - 27.   

1576  Death of Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  On May - 27 death of marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)   

1708  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51 on May - 27.   

1768  On this day in history 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  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 May - 27.   

1831  On May - 27 death of jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799)   

1840  On this day in history niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57   

1855  On May - 27 nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies   

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

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

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 May - 27.   

1626  William II, prince of Orange/stadholder was born on May - 27.   

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