Famous Deaths In May - 27

0366  On this day in history death of procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)  

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  On this day in history dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies  

1178  Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies on this day in history.  

1444  On May - 27 death of john Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404)  

1508  On this day in history ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55  

1525  On this day in history death of thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader  

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

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

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

1569  On this day in history francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies  

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 May - 27.  

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

1610  Death of François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578) on May - 27.  

1615  On May - 27 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  On this day in history nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71  

1652  On this day in history jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39  

1661  Death of Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 on this day in history.  

1675  Death of Gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613) on May - 27.  

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  Death of Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640) on May - 27.  

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

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

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

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

1855  On May - 27 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  Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594) was born on this day in history.  

1576  Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.  

1595  On this day in history 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 May - 27.  

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

1651  On May - 27 birth of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)