Famous Deaths In May - 20
Friday, 25 October 2024
0685 On May - 20 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 May - 20.
1444 On this day in history bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63
1449 On this day in history peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies
1471 On May - 20 henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies
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 On May - 20 catharina Sforza, Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45
1550 Death of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510) on May - 20.
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 May - 20.
1650 On May - 20 francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44
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 May - 20.
1713 Death of Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635) on May - 20.
1717 Death of John Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637) on this day in history.
1722 Death of Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669) on May - 20.
1732 Death of Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b. 1676) on this day in history.
1751 Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.
1782 On this day in history carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68
1793 On this day in history death of charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b. 1720)
1795 Death of Ignác Martinovics, Hungarian physicist/revolutionary, beheaded on May - 20.
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 May - 20 joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies
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 this day in history amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58
1876 On May - 20 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 May - 20.
1883 William Chambers, author/publisher, dies on May - 20.
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