Famous Deaths In May - 27

0366  On May - 27 death of procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326)  

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  Death of Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927) on May - 27.  

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 May - 27.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1564  Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54 on May - 27.  

1569  On May - 27 francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies  

1576  On May - 27 death of louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44  

1580  On this day in history jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies  

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

1610  Death of François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578) on this day in history.  

1615  On this day in history death of marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553)  

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

1638  On May - 27 nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71  

1652  Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39 on May - 27.  

1661  On this day in history death of archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53  

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

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

1702  On May - 27 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  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 this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history.  

1519  On May - 27 birth of girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)  

1576  On May - 27 birth of caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649)  

1595  Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer was born on May - 27.  

1601  Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648) was born on May - 27.  

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  Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729) was born on May - 27.