Famous Deaths Happened In May - 20

0685  On this day in history death of king Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)   

1277  On this day in history 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  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  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 May - 20.   

1597  Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

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

1677  On this day in history death of george Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (b. 1612)   

1713  Death of Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635) on May - 20.   

1717  On this day in history death of john Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637)   

1722  On May - 20 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 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies   

1847  On this day in history mary Lamb, writer, dies   

1864  John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1875  On this day in history 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  On this day in history eugene LFC prince the Ligne, Belgian prince of Ambise, dies at 76   

1883  William Chambers, author/publisher, dies on this day in history.   

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1315  On this day in history 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  Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian was born on May - 20.   

1537  On May - 20 birth of hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)   

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

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

1593  Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist was born on May - 20.   

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