Famous Deaths In May - 27

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

0735  On this day in history 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  Death of Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927) on this day in history.  

1039  Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.  

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

1444  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404) on May - 27.  

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  

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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 May - 27.  

1580  On May - 27 jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies  

1596  Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies on this day in history.  

1610  On this day in history 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  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  Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39 on May - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

1702  Death of Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628) on May - 27.  

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  Death of Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716) on this day in history.  

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 May - 27.  

1840  Niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57 on May - 27.  

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 this day in history.  

1519  On this day in history birth of girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)  

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 this day in history birth of william II, prince of Orange/stadholder  

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