Famous Deaths In May - 20
Saturday, 27 April 2024
0685 On May - 20 death of king Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)
1277 On May - 20 john XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies
1285 Death of John II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259) on May - 20.
1444 On this day in history bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63
1449 On this day in history peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies
1471 On this day in history henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies
1503 Death of Lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463) on May - 20.
1506 On May - 20 christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55
1509 Catharina Sforza, Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45 on May - 20.
1550 Death of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510) on this day in history.
1597 Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle on this day in history.
1622 On this day in history osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies
1648 Wladyslaw IV Wasa, King of Poland, dies on this day in history.
1650 Francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44 on May - 20.
1669 On this day in history joris van der Hagen, landscape painter, dies
1677 On May - 20 death of george Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (b. 1612)
1713 On May - 20 death of thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635)
1717 Death of John Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637) on this day in history.
1722 On May - 20 death of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669)
1732 On this day in history death of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b. 1676)
1751 On May - 20 domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer, dies at 38
1782 On May - 20 carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68
1793 On this day in history death of charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b. 1720)
1795 Death of Ignác Martinovics, Hungarian physicist/revolutionary, beheaded on this day in history.
1825 On May - 20 death of papaflessas, Greek priest and government official (b. 1788)
1834 Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert de Motier, nobleman, dies on May - 20.
1841 Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies on May - 20.
1847 Mary Lamb, writer, dies on this day in history.
1864 On May - 20 john Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70
1873 On this day in history death of sir George-Étienne Cartier, French-Canadian statesman (b. 1814)
1875 Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1876 On this day in history harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old
1880 Eugene LFC prince the Ligne, Belgian prince of Ambise, dies at 76 on May - 20.
1883 On this day in history william Chambers, author/publisher, dies
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