Famous Deaths In May - 27

0366  Death of Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies  

1444  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404) on this day in history.  

1508  Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55 on May - 27.  

1525  Death of Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader on this day in history.  

1541  On May - 27 death of margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded  

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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  Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies on this day in history.  

1596  On this day in history tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies  

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

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

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  On May - 27 death of gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613)  

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

1702  On this day in history death of dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628)  

1707  On this day in history death of marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)  

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  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  On this day in history death of jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799)  

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

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  On this day in history birth of girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)  

1576  Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649) was born on May - 27.  

1595  On this day in history 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 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.