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

0927  On May - 27 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 May - 27.  

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

1508  On May - 27 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 this day in history death of margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded  

1549  On May - 27 death of lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1638  Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71 on May - 27.  

1652  On May - 27 jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39  

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

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

1708  On May - 27 jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51  

1768  On May - 27 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 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  On this day in history 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  On May - 27 birth of ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)  

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

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

1595  On May - 27 birth of benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer  

1601  On May - 27 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 May - 27.