Famous Deaths Happened In May - 20

0685  On May - 20 death of king Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)   

1277  John XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies on May - 20.   

1285  Death of John II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259) on this day in history.   

1444  Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1449  On this day in history peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies   

1471  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies on May - 20.   

1503  On May - 20 death of lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463)   

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  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510)   

1597  Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1622  Osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies on May - 20.   

1648  Wladyslaw IV Wasa, King of Poland, dies on May - 20.   

1650  On May - 20 francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44   

1669  On May - 20 joris van der Hagen, landscape painter, dies   

1677  Death of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (b. 1612) on this day in history.   

1713  Death of Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635) on May - 20.   

1717  On May - 20 death of john Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637)   

1722  On May - 20 death of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669)   

1732  Death of Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b. 1676) on this day in history.   

1751  Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

1782  Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68 on May - 20.   

1793  On May - 20 death of charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b. 1720)   

1795  On this day in history death of ignác Martinovics, Hungarian physicist/revolutionary, beheaded   

1825  On May - 20 death of papaflessas, Greek priest and government official (b. 1788)   

1834  On this day in history marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert de Motier, nobleman, dies   

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 May - 20 death of sir George-Étienne Cartier, French-Canadian statesman (b. 1814)   

1875  On this day in history amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58   

1876  Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old on May - 20.   

1880  On May - 20 eugene LFC prince the Ligne, Belgian prince of Ambise, dies at 76   

1883  On May - 20 william Chambers, author/publisher, dies   

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1315  On this day in history birth of bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)   

1364  Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican was born on May - 20.   

1470  Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian was born on this day in history.   

1537  On May - 20 birth of hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)   

1547  On May - 20 birth of melchior Bischoff, composer   

1554  On this day in history birth of paulo Bellasio, composer   

1593  Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist was born on May - 20.   

1593  Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656) was born on this day in history.