Famous Deaths Happened In May - 27

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

0735  On May - 27 death of bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673)   

0866  On May - 27 ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies   

0927  On May - 27 death of symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927)   

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

1178  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1525  On this day in history death of thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader   

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 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  On May - 27 tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies   

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 May - 27 everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73   

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

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

1702  On this day in history death of dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628)   

1707  Death of Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640) on May - 27.   

1708  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1855  Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies on this day in history.   

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1332  On May - 27 birth of ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)   

1519  Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594) was born on May - 27.   

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  Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

1623  On this day in history birth of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)   

1626  William II, prince of Orange/stadholder was born on May - 27.   

1651  On this day in history birth of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)