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 this day in history.   

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

1039  On May - 27 dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies   

1178  Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies on May - 27.   

1444  Death of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (b. 1404) on May - 27.   

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

1549  Death of Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns on this day in history.   

1564  On this day in history jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54   

1569  Francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies on May - 27.   

1576  Death of Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44 on May - 27.   

1580  On May - 27 jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies   

1596  Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies on this day in history.   

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 May - 27.   

1627  Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73 on May - 27.   

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

1652  Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39 on May - 27.   

1661  Death of Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 on May - 27.   

1675  Death of Gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613) on May - 27.   

1690  On this day in history giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63   

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

1707  On May - 27 death of marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)   

1708  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51 on May - 27.   

1768  On this day in history 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 May - 27 francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36   

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

1840  Niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57 on May - 27.   

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

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1332  On this day in history birth of ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)   

1519  On May - 27 birth of girolamo Mei, Italian historian (d. 1594)   

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  On May - 27 birth of antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)   

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

1626  On May - 27 birth of william II, prince of Orange/stadholder   

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