Page 3: Historical Events In May - 27

1856  Doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning on this day in history.   

1861  On this day in history victoria E Matthews, educator   

1862  Battle of Hanover Court House VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station) on this day in history.   

1862  Battle of Hanover Court House, VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station) on this day in history.   

1863  CSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die on May - 27.   

1863  On May - 27 siege of Port Hudson LA   

1863  On May - 27 edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31   

1864  Skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop) VA on May - 27.   

1864  Skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop), Virginia on May - 27.   

1867  The birth of Arnold Bennett, English novelist on May - 27.   

1867  On this day in history arnold Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic (Great Babylon)   

1870  On May - 27 lionel Palairet, cricketer (elegant England bat in the Golden Age)   

1871  On this day in history georges-Henri Rouault, Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre)   

1874  Dustin Farnum, US, actor (Squaw Man, Virginian) [or 1870] on May - 27.   

1876  On May - 27 joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies   

1878  Australia Cricket 41 & 12-1 defeat MCC 33 & 19 on this day in history.   

1878  6th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:41.75 on May - 27.   

1878  Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49 on May - 27.   

1879  On May - 27 lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance)   

1881  On May - 27 9th Preakness: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:40.5   

1881  On this day in history rudolf Pannwitz, German writer   

1882  On May - 27 10th Preakness: T Costello aboard Vanguard wins in 2:44.5   

1883  Czar Alexander III crowned in Moscow on this day in history.   

1884  On May - 27 bax Brod, composer   

1887  On this day in history emiel van der Straeten, Flemish playwright (Sudanese legends)   

1887  Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1888  Louis Durey, composer on May - 27.   

1891  On this day in history claude Adonai Champagne, composer   

1892  On this day in history sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Pygmalion, Fietsen naar de Maan)   

1893  Audath Yisroel forms at Kattowitz (Katowice) Poland on May - 27.   

1894  Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon) on May - 27.   

1895  On May - 27 british inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector   

1895  On this day in history marij Kogoj, composer   

1896  On May - 27 255 people are killed when a twister strikes St Louis, Missouri and East St Louis, Illinois   

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1332  Ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah) was born on May - 27.   

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

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

1595  On this day in history birth of benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer   

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

1623  On May - 27 birth of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)   

1626  William II, prince of Orange/stadholder was born on this day in history.   

1651  Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729) was born on May - 27.   

0366  Death of Procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) on May - 27.   

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

0866  Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies on this day in history.   

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

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