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 May - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

1471  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies on this day in history.  

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

1506  Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 on this day in history.  

1509  On May - 20 catharina Sforza, Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45  

1550  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510) on May - 20.  

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1597  On May - 20 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 this day in history.  

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

1841  Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1875  On May - 20 amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58  

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 this day in history.  

1883  William Chambers, author/publisher, dies on May - 20.  

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

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  Paulo Bellasio, composer was born on May - 20.  

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)