Famous Deaths Happened In May - 27
Thursday, 18 December 2025
0366 On this day in history death of procopius, Roman usurper (b. 326) 

0735 On May - 27 death of bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673) 

0866 On May - 27 ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies 

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

1039 Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies on May - 27. 

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

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 this day in history. 

1525 Death of Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader on May - 27. 

1541 Death of Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded on May - 27. 

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

1564 Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54 on this day in history. 

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

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 On this day in history tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies 

1610 Death of François Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578) on this day in history. 

1615 On this day in history death of marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553) 

1627 Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73 on this day in history. 

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

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

1661 On May - 27 death of archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 

1675 On this day in history death of gaspard Dughet, French painter (b. 1613) 

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

1702 Death of Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628) on May - 27. 

1707 Death of Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640) on May - 27. 

1708 On this day in history jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51 

1768 On May - 27 johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies 

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

1831 On this day in history death of jedediah Smith, American explorer (b. 1799) 

1840 On this day in history niccolo Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57 

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

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