Famous Deaths In May - 27

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

0735  On this day in history death of bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673)  

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  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 this day in history.  

1508  On May - 27 ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55  

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

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

1569  Francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1596  Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies on May - 27.  

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 May - 27.  

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

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

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

1661  On May - 27 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  Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1702  On this day in history 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 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 May - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

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  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 May - 27.  

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

1626  On May - 27 birth of william II, prince of Orange/stadholder  

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