Famous Deaths In May - 20

0685  Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645) on May - 20.  

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 May - 20.  

1444  On May - 20 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  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  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.  

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

1622  On this day in history osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies  

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

1650  On this day in history 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  Death of Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635) on May - 20.  

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

1722  Death of Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669) on May - 20.  

1732  On this day in history death of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b. 1676)  

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

1782  On May - 20 carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68  

1793  Death of Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b. 1720) on this day in history.  

1795  On May - 20 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  Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies on May - 20.  

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

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

1873  On this day in history death of sir George-Étienne Cartier, French-Canadian statesman (b. 1814)  

1875  Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1876  Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old on this day in history.  

1880  On May - 20 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 this day in history birth of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican  

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

1537  On this day in history birth of hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)  

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

1554  On May - 20 birth of paulo Bellasio, composer  

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.