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May 27 1595

Benedictus Carpzovius [Benedikt Carpzov] German lawyer

May 27 1601

Antoine Daniel Jesuit missionary and martyr (d. 1648)

May 27 1623

William Petty English scientist and philosopher (d. 1687)

May 27 1651

Louis-Antoine Cardinal de Noailles French cardinal (d. 1729)

May 27 1652

Elisabeth C Liselotte van de Palts GermanFrench duchess of Orleans

May 27 1738

Nathaniel Gorham American politician (d. 1796)

May 27 1774

Francis Beaufort admiralhydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale)

May 27 1794

Cornelius Vanderbilt millionaire (B & O railroad)

May 27 1799

Jacques-Francois-Fromental-Elle Halevy [Elie Levy] composer

May 27 1815

Henry Parkes British journalistpremier of Australia

May 27 1818

Amelia Jenks Bloomer suffragette known for her pantaloons

May 27 1819

Julia Ward Howe American authorlecturer (Battle Hymn of the Republic)

May 27 1820

Mathilde Bonaparte French princess and socialite (d. 1904)

May 27 1822

Henry Wylde English composer and conductor born in Bushey Hertfordshire (d. 1890)

May 27 1823

John Gray Foster American Major General (Union Army) born in Whitefield New Hampshire (d. 1874)

May 27 1827

Samuel F. Miller American politician (d. 1892)

May 27 1836

Edwin Gray Lee Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1870)

May 27 1837

Robert Frederick Hoke Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1912)

May 27 1839

Luigi Capuana Sicilian authorcritic (Roccaverdina)

May 27 1850

Thomas Neill Cream serial killer (Lambeth poisoner) born in Glasgow Scotland (d. 1892)

May 27 1852

Billy Barnes cricketer (England all-rounder 1880-90)

May 27 1854

Georges Eekhoud Belgian writer (Jeune Belgium)

May 27 1860

Manuel Teixeira Gomes 7th President of Portugal (d. 1941)

May 27 1864

Ante Trumbi Croatian politician (d. 1938)

May 27 1867

Arnold Bennett Hanley Staffordshire English novelistplaywrightcritic (Great Babylon)

May 27 1870

Lionel Palairet British cricketer (elegant England bat in the Golden Age) born in Grange-over-Sands Lancashire England (d. 1933)

May 27 1871

Georges-Henri Rouault Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre)

May 27 1874

Dustin Farnum American actor (Squaw Man Virginian The Flaming Frontier) born in Hampton Beach New Hampshire (d. 1929)

May 27 1874

Richard von Schaukal Austria poetwriter (Eros Thanatos)

May 27 1876

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski Polish writer (d. 1945)

May 27 1879

Lucile Watson Canadian actress (Great Lie Watch on the Rhine Lets Dance) born in Qubec Canada (d. 1962)

May 27 1884

Max Brod Czech-born Israeli composer writer and biographer of Kafta born in Prague (d. 1968)

May 27 1887

Emiel van der Straeten Flemish playwright (Sudanese legends)

May 27 1120 Richard III of Capua is anointed as prince two weeks before his untimely death

May 27 1281 Flemish Earl Gwijde Dampierre takes financial responsibility of Brugge

May 27 1529 30 Jews of Posing Hungary charged with blood ritual burned at stake

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