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| May 27th, 2008 (May 27 2008) | Death | Franz Kunstler, Last remaining Austro-Hungarian Empire World War I veteran (born in 1900) | |
| May 27th, 2007 (May 27 2007) | Death | Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (born in 1967) | |
| May 27th, 2007 (May 27 2007) | Death | Ed Yost, American inventor (born in 1919) | |
| May 27th, 2007 (May 27 2007) | Death | Gretchen Wyler, American actress (born in 1932) | |
| May 27th, 2006 (May 27 2006) | Event | The May 2006 Java earthquake strikes at 5:53:58 AM local time (22:53:58 UTC May 26) devastating Bantul and the city of Yogyakarta killing over 6,600 people. | |
| May 27th, 2006 (May 27 2006) | Death | Craig Heyward, American football player (born in 1966) | |
| May 27th, 2006 (May 27 2006) | Death | Paul Gleason, American actor (born in 1939) | |
| May 27th, 2006 (May 27 2006) | Death | Alex Toth, American cartoonist (born in 1928) | |
| May 27th, 2006 (May 27 2006) | Death | Rob Borsellino, American columnist (born in 1949) | |
| May 27th, 2006 (May 27 2006) | Death | Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Indian actor (born in 1944) | |
| May 27th, 2003 (May 27 2003) | Death | Luciano Berio, Italian composer (born in 1925) | Luciano Berio Quotes |
| May 27th, 2001 (May 27 2001) | Death | Ramon Bieri, American actor (born in 1929) | |
| May 27th, 2000 (May 27 2000) | Death | Crawford Murray MacLehose of Beoch, British statesman (born in 1917) | |
| May 27th, 2000 (May 27 2000) | Death | Maurice Richard, Canadian hockey player (born in 1921) | |
| May 27th, 2000 (May 27 2000) | Death | Kazimierz Leski, Polish engineer, fighter pilot, intelligence and counter-intelligence officer (born in 1912) | |
| May 27th, 1999 (May 27 1999) | Event | The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milosevic and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo. | |
| May 27th, 1998 (May 27 1998) | Event | Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier is sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the terrorist plot. | |
| May 27th, 1997 (May 27 1997) | Event | The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Paula Jones can pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he is in office. | Bill Clinton Quotes |
| May 27th, 1997 (May 27 1997) | Event | A F5 tornado strikes Jarrell, Texas killing 27 people. | |
| May 27th, 1996 (May 27 1996) | Event | First Chechnya War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin meets with Chechnyan rebels for the first time and negotiates a cease-fire. | Boris Yeltsin Quotes |
| May 27th, 1995 (May 27 1995) | Event | In Culpeper, Virginia, actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition. | Christopher Reeve Quotes |
| May 27th, 1993 (May 27 1993) | Death | Mary Philbin, American actress (born in 1903) | |
| May 27th, 1993 (May 27 1993) | Death | Werner Stocker, German actor (born in 1955) | |
| May 27th, 1992 (May 27 1992) | Death | Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (born in 1890) | |
| May 27th, 1991 (May 27 1991) | Death | Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (born in 1904) | |
| May 27th, 1990 (May 27 1990) | Birth | Ekaterina Zaikina, Russian figure-skater | |
| May 27th, 1990 (May 27 1990) | Death | Robert B. Meyner, American politician (born in 1908) | |
| May 27th, 1989 (May 27 1989) | Death | Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (born in 1907) | |
| May 27th, 1987 (May 27 1987) | Death | John Howard Northrop, American chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1891) | |
| May 27th, 1986 (May 27 1986) | Death | Isma il Raji al-Faruqi, Palestinian-born philosopher (born in 1921) | Philo Quotes |
| May 27th, 1985 (May 27 1985) | Birth | Chien-Ming Chiang, Taiwanese baseball player | |
| May 27th, 1984 (May 27 1984) | Birth | Kalle Spjuth, Swedish bandy player | |
| May 27th, 1984 (May 27 1984) | Birth | Blake Ahearn, NBA basketball player | |
| May 27th, 1984 (May 27 1984) | Death | Vincent James McMahon, was a U.S. professional wrestling promoter. | Vince McMahon Quotes |
| May 27th, 1983 (May 27 1983) | Birth | Bobby Convey, American soccer player | |
| May 27th, 1981 (May 27 1981) | Birth | Ozgur Cevik, Turkish singer and actor | |
| May 27th, 1981 (May 27 1981) | Birth | Johan Elmander, Swedish footballer | |
| May 27th, 1981 (May 27 1981) | Birth | Miloy, Angolan footballer | |
| May 27th, 1981 (May 27 1981) | Birth | Fivos Constantinou, Cypriot distance runner | |
| May 27th, 1980 (May 27 1980) | Event | The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more. | An Wang Quotes |
| May 27th, 1979 (May 27 1979) | Birth | Mile Sterjovski, Australian footballer | |
| May 27th, 1978 (May 27 1978) | Birth | Adin Brown, American soccer player | |
| May 27th, 1977 (May 27 1977) | Birth | Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete | |
| May 27th, 1977 (May 27 1977) | Birth | Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer | |
| May 27th, 1977 (May 27 1977) | Birth | Tommie van der Leegte, Dutch footballer | |
| May 27th, 1976 (May 27 1976) | Birth | RJD2, American hip-hop producer | |
| May 27th, 1976 (May 27 1976) | Birth | Anita Blonde, Hungarian porn star | |
| May 27th, 1975 (May 27 1975) | Event | The Dibble s Bridge coach crash near Grassington, North Yorkshire, England kills 32 (the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom). | |
| May 27th, 1975 (May 27 1975) | Birth | Andre 3000, American musician (OutKast) | |
| May 27th, 1975 (May 27 1975) | Birth | Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer | |
| May 27th, 1975 (May 27 1975) | Birth | Jadakiss, American rapper (The Lox) | |
| May 27th, 1975 (May 27 1975) | Birth | Jamie Oliver, British chef and television personality | Jamie Oliver Quotes |
| May 27th, 1974 (May 27 1974) | Birth | Derek Webb, American singer and songwriter (Caedmon s Call) | |
| May 27th, 1974 (May 27 1974) | Birth | Danny Wuerffel, American football player | |
| May 27th, 1973 (May 27 1973) | Birth | Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian | |
| May 27th, 1973 (May 27 1973) | Death | P.Ramlee, Malaysian actor,singer and songwriter (born in 1922) | |
| May 27th, 1972 (May 27 1972) | Birth | Ivete Sangalo, Brazilian singer | |
| May 27th, 1972 (May 27 1972) | Birth | Todd Demsey, American golfer | |
| May 27th, 1971 (May 27 1971) | Event | The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal. | |
| May 27th, 1971 (May 27 1971) | Birth | Paul Bettany, English actor | |
| May 27th, 1971 (May 27 1971) | Birth | Wayne Carey, Australian rules footballer | |
| May 27th, 1971 (May 27 1971) | Birth | Kaur Kender, Estonian author | |
| May 27th, 1971 (May 27 1971) | Birth | Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, American singer (TLC) (died in 2002) | |
| May 27th, 1971 (May 27 1971) | Birth | Glenn Ross, Northern Irish strongman | |
| May 27th, 1971 (May 27 1971) | Birth | Monika Schnarre, Canadian model | |
| May 27th, 1970 (May 27 1970) | Birth | Tim Farron, British politician | |
| May 27th, 1970 (May 27 1970) | Birth | Joseph Fiennes, English actor | |
| May 27th, 1970 (May 27 1970) | Birth | Michele Bartoli, Italian cyclist | |
| May 27th, 1970 (May 27 1970) | Birth | Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (died in 2002) | |
| May 27th, 1969 (May 27 1969) | Birth | Jeremy Mayfield, American race car driver | |
| May 27th, 1969 (May 27 1969) | Birth | Dondre Whitfield, American actor | |
| May 27th, 1969 (May 27 1969) | Death | Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (born in 1926) | |
| May 27th, 1968 (May 27 1968) | Event | The meeting of the Union Nationale des Etudiants de France (National Union of the Students of France) takes place. 30,000 to 50,000 people gather in the Stade Sebastien Charlety. | |
| May 27th, 1968 (May 27 1968) | Birth | Jeff Bagwell, American baseball player | Jeff Bagwell Quotes |
| May 27th, 1968 (May 27 1968) | Birth | Frank Thomas, American baseball player | Thomas Frank Quotes |
| May 27th, 1967 (May 27 1967) | Event | Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census. | |
| May 27th, 1967 (May 27 1967) | Event | The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) is christened by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline. | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
| May 27th, 1967 (May 27 1967) | Birth | Paul Gascoigne, English footballer | |
| May 27th, 1967 (May 27 1967) | Death | Ernst Niekisch, German politician (born in 1889) | |
| May 27th, 1965 (May 27 1965) | Event | Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam. | |
| May 27th, 1965 (May 27 1965) | Birth | Todd Bridges, American actor | |
| May 27th, 1964 (May 27 1964) | Birth | Adam Carolla, American comedian and television personality | Adam Carolla Quotes |
| May 27th, 1964 (May 27 1964) | Death | Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian politician (born in 1889) | |
| May 27th, 1963 (May 27 1963) | Death | Gregoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (born in 1912) | |
| May 27th, 1962 (May 27 1962) | Birth | Ray Borner, Australian basketball player | |
| May 27th, 1962 (May 27 1962) | Birth | Steven Brill, American film writer and director | |
| May 27th, 1961 (May 27 1961) | Birth | Peri Gilpin, American actress | |
| May 27th, 1960 (May 27 1960) | Event | In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celal Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office. | |
| May 27th, 1960 (May 27 1960) | Death | James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (born in 1877) | |
| May 27th, 1958 (May 27 1958) | Event | The F-4 Phantom II first flight. | |
| May 27th, 1958 (May 27 1958) | Birth | Neil Finn, New Zealand singer and songwriter (Split Enz, Crowded House) | |
| May 27th, 1958 (May 27 1958) | Birth | Linnea Quigley, American actress | |
| May 27th, 1957 (May 27 1957) | Event | Toronto s CHUM-AM, (1050 kHz) becomes Canada s first radio station to broadcast only top 40 Rock n Roll music format. | |
| May 27th, 1957 (May 27 1957) | Birth | Siouxsie Sioux, English musician (Siouxsie and the Banshees) | |
| May 27th, 1957 (May 27 1957) | Birth | Duncan Goodhew, English Olympic Games gold medalist swimmer | |
| May 27th, 1956 (May 27 1956) | Birth | Cynthia McFadden, American television anchor | |
| May 27th, 1955 (May 27 1955) | Birth | Richard Schiff, American actor | |
| May 27th, 1955 (May 27 1955) | Birth | Eric Bischoff, American professional wrestling promoter | |
| May 27th, 1954 (May 27 1954) | Birth | Pauline Hanson, Australian politician | |
| May 27th, 1954 (May 27 1954) | Birth | Jackie Slater, American football player | |
| May 27th, 1953 (May 27 1953) | Death | Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (born in 1868) | |
| May 27th, 1951 (May 27 1951) | Birth | Ana Belen, Spanish singer and actress | |
| May 27th, 1949 (May 27 1949) | Death | Robert Ripley, American cartoonist (Ripley s Believe It or Not!) (born in 1890) | Robert Ley Quotes |
| May 27th, 1948 (May 27 1948) | Birth | Wubbo de Boer, Dutch civil servant | |
| May 27th, 1947 (May 27 1947) | Birth | Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer | |
| May 27th, 1947 (May 27 1947) | Death | Ed Konetchy, American baseball player (born in 1885) | |
| May 27th, 1946 (May 27 1946) | Birth | Lewis Collins, English actor | |
| May 27th, 1946 (May 27 1946) | Birth | Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Danish musician (died in 2005) | |
| May 27th, 1945 (May 27 1945) | Birth | Bruce Cockburn, Canadian musician | |
| May 27th, 1944 (May 27 1944) | Birth | Christopher Dodd, American politician | |
| May 27th, 1944 (May 27 1944) | Birth | Alain Souchon, French singer and songwriter | |
| May 27th, 1943 (May 27 1943) | Birth | Cilla Black, English singer and presenter | |
| May 27th, 1943 (May 27 1943) | Birth | Bruce Weitz, American actor | |
| May 27th, 1942 (May 27 1942) | Event | World War II: In Operation Anthropoid Reinhard Heydrich is assassinated in Prague. | Reinhard Heydrich Quotes |
| May 27th, 1942 (May 27 1942) | Birth | Lee Baca, American law enforcement official | |
| May 27th, 1941 (May 27 1941) | Event | World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency". | |
| May 27th, 1941 (May 27 1941) | Event | World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men. | |
| May 27th, 1941 (May 27 1941) | Death | Gunther Lutjens, German admiral, died in sinking of the German battleship Bismarck (born in 1889) | |
| May 27th, 1941 (May 27 1941) | Death | Ernst Lindemann, German captain, died in sinking of the German battleship Bismarck (born in 1894) | |
| May 27th, 1940 (May 27 1940) | Event | World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 97 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops. | |
| May 27th, 1939 (May 27 1939) | Event | DC Comics publishes its second superhero in Detective Comics #27; he is Batman, one of the most topical comic book superheroes of all time. | |
| May 27th, 1939 (May 27 1939) | Birth | Socratis Kokkalis, Greek businessman | |
| May 27th, 1937 (May 27 1937) | Event | In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California. | |
| May 27th, 1937 (May 27 1937) | Birth | Allan Carr, American film producer and writer (died in 1999) | |
| May 27th, 1936 (May 27 1936) | Birth | Louis Gossett Jr., American actor | |
| May 27th, 1936 (May 27 1936) | Birth | Marcel Masse, Canadian politician | |
| May 27th, 1935 (May 27 1935) | Event | New Deal: The Supreme Court of the United States declares the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional in A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, (295 U.S. 495). | |
| May 27th, 1935 (May 27 1935) | Birth | Lee Meriwether, Miss America and actress | |
| May 27th, 1935 (May 27 1935) | Birth | Ramsey Lewis, American pianist | |
| May 27th, 1935 (May 27 1935) | Birth | Mal Evans, British Beatles assistant (died in 1976) | Evans Quotes |
| May 27th, 1934 (May 27 1934) | Birth | Harlan Ellison, American author | Harlan Ellison Quotes |
| May 27th, 1933 (May 27 1933) | Event | New Deal: The U.S. Federal Securities Act is signed into law requiring the registration of securities with the Federal Trade Commission. | |
| May 27th, 1933 (May 27 1933) | Event | The Walt Disney Company releases the cartoon The Three Little Pigs, with its hit song "Who s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" | Walt Disney Quotes |
| May 27th, 1933 (May 27 1933) | Event | The Century of Progress World s Fair opens in Chicago, Illinois. | |
| May 27th, 1933 (May 27 1933) | Birth | Ted Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur | |
| May 27th, 1930 (May 27 1930) | Event | The 1,046-foot (319-meter) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public. | |
| May 27th, 1930 (May 27 1930) | Birth | John Barth, American novelist | |
| May 27th, 1930 (May 27 1930) | Birth | William S. Sessions, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
| May 27th, 1927 (May 27 1927) | Event | The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacturing the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make Ford Model As. | |
| May 27th, 1926 (May 27 1926) | Death | Srecko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (born in 1904) | |
| May 27th, 1925 (May 27 1925) | Birth | Tony Hillerman, American writer | |
| May 27th, 1923 (May 27 1923) | Birth | Henry Kissinger, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize | Henry Kissinger Quotes |
| May 27th, 1923 (May 27 1923) | Birth | Sumner Redstone, American entrepreneur | |
| May 27th, 1922 (May 27 1922) | Birth | Christopher Lee, English actor | |
| May 27th, 1921 (May 27 1921) | Birth | Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (died in 1960) | |
| May 27th, 1919 (May 27 1919) | Event | The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight. | |
| May 27th, 1919 (May 27 1919) | Death | Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian social activist (born in 1848) | |
| May 27th, 1918 (May 27 1918) | Birth | Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese politician | |
| May 27th, 1915 (May 27 1915) | Birth | Herman Wouk, American writer | Herman Wouk Quotes |
| May 27th, 1913 (May 27 1913) | Birth | Wols, German painter (died in 1951) | |
| May 27th, 1912 (May 27 1912) | Birth | John Cheever, American author (died in 1982) | John Cheever Quotes |
| May 27th, 1912 (May 27 1912) | Birth | Sam Snead, American golfer (died in 2002) | |
| May 27th, 1912 (May 27 1912) | Birth | Terry Moore, American baseball player (died in 1995) | |
| May 27th, 1911 (May 27 1911) | Birth | Hubert H. Humphrey, American politician (died in 1978) | |
| May 27th, 1911 (May 27 1911) | Birth | Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born Israeli politician (died in 2007) | |
| May 27th, 1911 (May 27 1911) | Birth | Vincent Price, American actor (died in 1993) | |
| May 27th, 1910 (May 27 1910) | Death | Robert Koch, German physician, Nobel laureate (born in 1843) | |
| May 27th, 1908 (May 27 1908) | Event | Maulana Hakeem Noor-ud-Din iss elected the first Khalifa of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. | |
| May 27th, 1907 (May 27 1907) | Event | A Bubonic plague outbreak begins in San Francisco, California. | |
| May 27th, 1907 (May 27 1907) | Birth | Rachel Carson, American biologist and science writer (died in 1964) | Rachel Carson Quotes |
| May 27th, 1905 (May 27 1905) | Event | Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of Tsushima begins. | |
| May 27th, 1904 (May 27 1904) | Birth | Chuhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (died in 1997) | |
| May 27th, 1900 (May 27 1900) | Birth | Uladzimir Zylka, Belarusian poet (died in 1933) | |
| May 27th, 1897 (May 27 1897) | Birth | John Cockcroft, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1967) | |
| May 27th, 1896 (May 27 1896) | Event | The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damages (1997 USD). | |
| May 27th, 1896 (May 27 1896) | Death | Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist (born in 1839) | |
| May 27th, 1895 (May 27 1895) | Event | Oscar Wilde is imprisoned for sodomy. | Oscar Wilde Quotes |
| May 27th, 1894 (May 27 1894) | Birth | Louis-Ferdinand Celine, French writer (died in 1961) | Louis-Ferdinand Celine Quotes |
| May 27th, 1894 (May 27 1894) | Birth | Dashiell Hammett, American author (died in 1961) | |
| May 27th, 1893 (May 27 1893) | Birth | Hermann Dornemann, German supercentarian (died in 2005) | |
| May 27th, 1891 (May 27 1891) | Birth | Claude Champagne, French-Canadian composer (died in 1965) | |
| May 27th, 1888 (May 27 1888) | Birth | Louis Durey, French composer (died in 1979) | |
| May 27th, 1884 (May 27 1884) | Birth | Max Brod, Austrian author (died in 1968) | |
| May 27th, 1883 (May 27 1883) | Event | Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia. | |
| May 27th, 1879 (May 27 1879) | Birth | Hans Lammers, German SS officer (died in 1962) | |
| May 27th, 1878 (May 27 1878) | Birth | Isadora Duncan, American dancer (died in 1927) | |
| May 27th, 1876 (May 27 1876) | Birth | Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (died in 1945) | |
| May 27th, 1871 (May 27 1871) | Birth | Georges Rouault, French painter and graphic artist (died in 1958) | |
| May 27th, 1867 (May 27 1867) | Birth | Arnold Bennett, British novelist (died in 1931) | Arnold Bennett Quotes |
| May 27th, 1864 (May 27 1864) | Birth | Ante Trumbic, Croatian politician (died in 1938) | |
| May 27th, 1860 (May 27 1860) | Event | Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification. | |
| May 27th, 1860 (May 27 1860) | Birth | Manuel Teixeira Gomes, 7th President of Portugal (died in 1941) | |
| May 27th, 1849 (May 27 1849) | Event | The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened. | |
| May 27th, 1840 (May 27 1840) | Death | Niccolo Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (born in 1782) | |
| May 27th, 1837 (May 27 1837) | Birth | Wild Bill Hickok, American gunfighter (died in 1876) | |
| May 27th, 1837 (May 27 1837) | Birth | Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter (died in 1887) | |
| May 27th, 1836 (May 27 1836) | Birth | Jay Gould, American financier (died in 1892) | |
| May 27th, 1831 (May 27 1831) | Death | Jedediah Smith, American explorer (born in 1799) | |
| May 27th, 1827 (May 27 1827) | Birth | Samuel F. Miller, American politician (died in 1892) | |
| May 27th, 1820 (May 27 1820) | Birth | Mathilde Bonaparte, French princess and socialite (died in 1904) | |
| May 27th, 1819 (May 27 1819) | Birth | Julia Ward Howe, American composer (died in 1910) | Julia Ward Howe Quotes |
| May 27th, 1818 (May 27 1818) | Birth | Amelia Bloomer, American suffragette (died in 1894) | |
| May 27th, 1813 (May 27 1813) | Event | War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George. | |
| May 27th, 1812 (May 27 1812) | Event | South American Wars of Independence: In Bolivia, the Battle of La Coronilla, in which the women from Cochabamba fight against the Spanish army. | |
| May 27th, 1798 (May 27 1798) | Event | The Battle of Oulart Hill takes place in Wexford, Ireland. | |
| May 27th, 1797 (May 27 1797) | Death | Francois-Noel Babeuf, French revolutionary (born in 1760) | |
| May 27th, 1794 (May 27 1794) | Birth | Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (died in 1877) | |
| May 27th, 1781 (May 27 1781) | Death | Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (born in 1716) | |
| May 27th, 1756 (May 27 1756) | Birth | King Maximilian I of Bavaria (died in 1825) | |
| May 27th, 1738 (May 27 1738) | Birth | Nathaniel Gorham, American politician (died in 1796) | |
| May 27th, 1707 (May 27 1707) | Death | Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (born in 1640) | Louis XIV of France Quotes |
| May 27th, 1703 (May 27 1703) | Event | Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. | |
| May 27th, 1702 (May 27 1702) | Death | Dominique Bouhours, French critic (born in 1628) | |
| May 27th, 1690 (May 27 1690) | Death | Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer (born in 1626) | |
| May 27th, 1675 (May 27 1675) | Death | Gaspard Dughet, French painter (born in 1613) | |
| May 27th, 1661 (May 27 1661) | Death | Archibald Campbell, Scottish religious dissident (born in 1607) | |
| May 27th, 1652 (May 27 1652) | Birth | Liselotte von der Pfalz, Duchess of Orleans (died in 1722) | |
| May 27th, 1651 (May 27 1651) | Birth | Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (died in 1729) | |
| May 27th, 1647 (May 27 1647) | Event | Peter Stuyvesant was inaugurated as Director-General of New Netherland. | |
| May 27th, 1626 (May 27 1626) | Birth | William II, Prince of Orange (died in 1650) | |
| May 27th, 1623 (May 27 1623) | Birth | William Petty, English scientist and philosopher (died in 1687) | Philo Quotes |
| May 27th, 1615 (May 27 1615) | Death | Marguerite de Valois, queen of Henry IV of France (born in 1553) | |
| May 27th, 1610 (May 27 1610) | Death | Francois Ravaillac, French assassin of Henry IV of France (born in 1578) | |
| May 27th, 1601 (May 27 1601) | Birth | Antoine Daniel, Jesuit missionary and martyr (died in 1648) | |
| May 27th, 1576 (May 27 1576) | Birth | Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (died in 1649) | |
| May 27th, 1564 (May 27 1564) | Death | John Calvin, French religious reformer (born in 1509) | John Calvin Quotes |
| May 27th, 1541 (May 27 1541) | Death | Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (born in 1473) | |
| May 27th, 1525 (May 27 1525) | Death | Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader | |
| May 27th, 1519 (May 27 1519) | Birth | Girolamo Mei, Italian historian (died in 1594) | |
| May 27th, 1508 (May 27 1508) | Death | Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (born in 1452) | |
| May 27th, 1444 (May 27 1444) | Death | John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (born in 1404) | |
| May 27th, 1332 (May 27 1332) | Birth | Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian (died in 1406) | |
| May 27th, 1328 (May 27 1328) | Event | Philip VI is crowned King of France. | |
| May 27th, 1153 (May 27 1153) | Event | Malcolm IV becomes King of Scotland. | |
| May 27th, 1120 (May 27 1120) | Event | Richard III of Capua is anointed as prince two weeks before his untimely death. | |
| May 27th, 1039 (May 27 1039) | Death | Dirk III, Count of Holland | |
| May 27th, 0927 (May 27 0927) | Event | Battle of the Bosnian Highlands: Simeon I of Bulgaria is defeated by King Tomislav of Croatia. | |
| May 27th, 0927 (May 27 0927) | Death | Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria (born in 864 or 865) | |
| May 27th, 0866 (May 27 0866) | Death | Ordono I of Asturias, King of Asturias (born in 831) | |
| May 27th, 0735 (May 27 0735) | Death | Bede, English historian and theologian (born in 672 or 673) | Bede Quotes |
| May 27th, 0366 (May 27 0366) | Death | Procopius, Roman usurper (born in 326) | |
