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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1178  On this day in history godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

1444  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1525  Death of Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader on this day in history.   

1541  Death of Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1576  On May - 27 death of louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44   

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  Death of François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1638  Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1652  On May - 27 jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39   

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

1675  On May - 27 death of gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613)   

1690  Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1708  Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1768  Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies on this day in history.   

1781  Death of Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716) on May - 27.   

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  Francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

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

1576  On this day in history birth of caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649)   

1595  Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1601  On this day in history birth of antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)   

1623  On May - 27 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 this day in history.