Famous Deaths Happened In May - 27

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

0735  Death of Bede, English historian and theologian (b. 672 or 673) on May - 27.   

0866  Ordono I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies on May - 27.   

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

1039  On this day in history dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies   

1178  On May - 27 godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies   

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

1508  Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55 on May - 27.   

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

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

1549  Death of Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns on May - 27.   

1564  Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54 on May - 27.   

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 this day in history jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies   

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

1610  On this day in history death of françois Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (b. 1578)   

1615  On May - 27 death of marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (b. 1553)   

1627  On this day in history everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73   

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

1652  On this day in history jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39   

1661  Death of Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53 on this day in history.   

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  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 May - 27 jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51   

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 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  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  On May - 27 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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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 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  Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

1623  On May - 27 birth of william Petty, English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)   

1626  William II, prince of Orange/stadholder was born on May - 27.   

1651  On May - 27 birth of louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)