Page 3: Historical Events In May - 27

1856  On May - 27 doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning   

1861  On May - 27 victoria E Matthews, educator   

1862  On May - 27 battle of Hanover Court House VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station)   

1862  Battle of Hanover Court House, VA (Slash Church, Peake's Station) on May - 27.   

1863  On May - 27 cSS Chattahoochie explodes on Chattahoochie River GA, 18 die   

1863  On May - 27 siege of Port Hudson LA   

1863  Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31 on May - 27.   

1864  On May - 27 skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop) VA   

1864  On May - 27 skirmish at Salem Church (Haw's Shop), Virginia   

1867  On this day in history the birth of Arnold Bennett, English novelist   

1867  Arnold Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic (Great Babylon) on this day in history.   

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

1871  Georges-Henri Rouault, Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre) on this day in history.   

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

1876  Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies on May - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

1878  On May - 27 carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49   

1879  Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance) on this day in history.   

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  On May - 27 czar Alexander III crowned in Moscow   

1884  Bax Brod, composer on May - 27.   

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

1887  On this day in history coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86   

1888  Louis Durey, composer on this day in history.   

1891  Claude Adonai Champagne, composer on this day in history.   

1892  Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Pygmalion, Fietsen naar de Maan) on May - 27.   

1893  On this day in history audath Yisroel forms at Kattowitz (Katowice) Poland   

1894  Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon) on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history british inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector   

1895  Marij Kogoj, composer on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history 255 people are killed when a twister strikes St Louis, Missouri and East St Louis, Illinois   

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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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

0927  On this day in history death of symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927)   

1039  On this day in history dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies   

1178  On May - 27 godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

1444  On May - 27 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