Famous Deaths Happened 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  Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies on May - 27.   

0927  Death of Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927) on this day in history.   

1039  Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies on May - 27.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1525  Death of Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader on May - 27.   

1541  Death of Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded on May - 27.   

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

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 May - 27.   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1627  Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73 on May - 27.   

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

1652  Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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

1675  On this day in history death of gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613)   

1690  Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1702  Death of Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628) on this day in history.   

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  Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies on this day in history.   

1781  On May - 27 death of giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716)   

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  Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

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

1840  On this day in history niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57   

1855  On May - 27 nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies   

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1332  On May - 27 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 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  On this day in history birth of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)   

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)