Famous Deaths Happened In May - 27
Saturday, 06 December 2025
0366 On this day in history death of procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) 

0735 Death of Bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673) on this day in history. 

0866 On this day in history ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies 

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 this day in history 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 Death of Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader on May - 27. 

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

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

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

1569 Francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies on this day in history. 

1576 On May - 27 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 May - 27. 

1610 On this day in history death of françois Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578) 

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 May - 27. 

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

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

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

1675 On May - 27 death of gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613) 

1690 On May - 27 giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63 

1702 On May - 27 death of dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628) 

1707 Death of Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640) on this day in history. 

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 On May - 27 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 May - 27. 

1797 Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 on May - 27. 

1831 Death of Jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799) on this day in history. 

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

1855 On this day in history nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies 

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