Famous Deaths In May - 20

0685  Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645) on this day in history.  

1277  John XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies on this day in history.  

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

1444  On this day in history bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63  

1449  Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies on May - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

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 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  On this day in history osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies  

1648  On this day in history wladyslaw IV Wasa, King of Poland, dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

1717  Death of John Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637) on this day in history.  

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  Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1793  On this day in history death of charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b. 1720)  

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

1825  Death of Papaflessas, Greek priest and government official (b. 1788) on May - 20.  

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

1841  On this day in history joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies  

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

1864  John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70 on May - 20.  

1873  Death of Sir George-Étienne Cartier, French-Canadian statesman (b. 1814) on this day in history.  

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

1883  On this day in history william Chambers, author/publisher, dies  

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1315  On May - 20 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 May - 20.  

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

1547  Melchior Bischoff, composer was born on May - 20.  

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

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

1593  On this day in history birth of salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)