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  On May - 27 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 this day in history.  

1178  On this day in history 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  On May - 27 death of margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded  

1549  On this day in history death of lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns  

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

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

1576  On this day in history death of louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44  

1580  Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies on May - 27.  

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

1610  On this day in history 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  Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71 on May - 27.  

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 May - 27.  

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

1708  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1768  Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies on May - 27.  

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  On this day in history francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36  

1831  Death of Jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799) on May - 27.  

1840  On May - 27 niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57  

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

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 May - 27.  

1651  Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.