Famous Deaths 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 May - 20.  

1449  On May - 20 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  Death of Lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463) on May - 20.  

1506  Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 on May - 20.  

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.  

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1597  On this day in history matthijs Heldt, dies in battle  

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

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

1650  Francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44 on May - 20.  

1669  Joris van der Hagen, landscape painter, dies on May - 20.  

1677  Death of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (b. 1612) on May - 20.  

1713  On this day in history death of thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635)  

1717  Death of John Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637) on May - 20.  

1722  On this day in history death of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669)  

1732  On May - 20 death of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b. 1676)  

1751  Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer, dies at 38 on May - 20.  

1782  On this day in history carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68  

1793  Death of Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b. 1720) on May - 20.  

1795  Death of Ignác Martinovics, Hungarian physicist/revolutionary, beheaded on this day in history.  

1825  Death of Papaflessas, Greek priest and government official (b. 1788) on this day in history.  

1834  On May - 20 marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert de Motier, nobleman, dies  

1841  On May - 20 joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies  

1847  On May - 20 mary Lamb, writer, dies  

1864  On this day in history john Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70  

1873  Death of Sir George-Étienne Cartier, French-Canadian statesman (b. 1814) on May - 20.  

1875  On May - 20 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  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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1315  Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349) was born on this day in history.  

1364  On this day in history birth of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican  

1470  Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian was born on May - 20.  

1537  Hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu) was born on May - 20.  

1547  On May - 20 birth of melchior Bischoff, composer  

1554  Paulo Bellasio, composer was born on this day in history.  

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.