Famous Deaths Happened In May - 27

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

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 May - 27.   

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

1178  On this day in history 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  Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55 on May - 27.   

1525  On this day in history death of thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader   

1541  On this day in history death of margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded   

1549  On this day in history death of lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns   

1564  On May - 27 jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54   

1569  On this day in history francois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies   

1576  On this day in history death of louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44   

1580  Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies on May - 27.   

1596  Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies on May - 27.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1638  On this day in history nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71   

1652  Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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

1675  Death of Gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613) on this day in history.   

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

1702  Death of Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628) on this day in history.   

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

1781  On this day in history death of giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (b. 1716)   

1790  On May - 27 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   

1797  On this day in history francois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36   

1831  On May - 27 death of jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799)   

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

1855  On May - 27 nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies   

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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 this day in history.   

1576  Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

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  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.