Famous Deaths Happened In May - 20

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  On this day in history death of john II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259)   

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 this day in history christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55   

1509  Catharina Sforza, Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1550  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510) on this day in history.   

1597  Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle on May - 20.   

1622  Osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies on this day in history.   

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

1650  Francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

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

1677  On May - 20 death of george Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (b. 1612)   

1713  Death of Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635) on this day in history.   

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

1722  Death of Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b. 1720)   

1795  Death of Ignác Martinovics, Hungarian physicist/revolutionary, beheaded on May - 20.   

1825  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1847  Mary Lamb, writer, dies on May - 20.   

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  Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58 on May - 20.   

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  William Chambers, author/publisher, dies on May - 20.   

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1315  On May - 20 birth of bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)   

1364  On May - 20 birth of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican   

1470  On this day in history birth of pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian   

1537  Hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu) was born on this day in history.   

1547  Melchior Bischoff, composer was born on this day in history.   

1554  Paulo Bellasio, composer was born on May - 20.   

1593  On this day in history birth of jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist   

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