Historical Events In May - 27

1856  On this day in history doctor William Palmer found guilty of poisoning   

1861  Victoria E Matthews, educator on May - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1863  Siege of Port Hudson LA on this day in history.   

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

1867  On May - 27 the birth of Arnold Bennett, English novelist   

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

1870  On this day in history lionel Palairet, cricketer (elegant England bat in the Golden Age)   

1871  Georges-Henri Rouault, Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre) on May - 27.   

1874  Dustin Farnum, US, actor (Squaw Man, Virginian) [or 1870] on this day in history.   

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

1878  On May - 27 australia Cricket 41 & 12-1 defeat MCC 33 & 19   

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

1878  On this day in history carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49   

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

1881  9th Preakness: T Costello aboard Saunterer wins in 2:40.5 on this day in history.   

1881  Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer on this day in history.   

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

1883  Czar Alexander III crowned in Moscow on May - 27.   

1884  Bax Brod, composer on May - 27.   

1887  On May - 27 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  On May - 27 louis Durey, composer   

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

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

1893  Audath Yisroel forms at Kattowitz (Katowice) Poland on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon)   

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

1895  Marij Kogoj, composer on May - 27.   

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

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

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  Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer was born on May - 27.   

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  On this day in history birth of william II, prince of Orange/stadholder   

1651  Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729) was born on 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  Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies on May - 27.   

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

1039  Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.   

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