Famous Deaths In May - 20

0685  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1444  Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63 on May - 20.  

1449  Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1506  On this day in history christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55  

1509  On this day in history catharina Sforza, Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45  

1550  On May - 20 death of ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510)  

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

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

1648  On May - 20 wladyslaw IV Wasa, King of Poland, dies  

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

1669  Joris van der Hagen, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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 May - 20.  

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

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  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 May - 20.  

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

1841  On May - 20 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 May - 20.  

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  On this day in history 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 May - 20 birth of bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)  

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

1470  On May - 20 birth of pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian  

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

1547  On this day in history birth of melchior Bischoff, composer  

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

1593  On May - 20 birth of jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist  

1593  On May - 20 birth of salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)