Famous Deaths Happened In May - 20

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

1277  On May - 20 john XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies   

1285  On May - 20 death of john II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259)   

1444  On May - 20 bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63   

1449  Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies on May - 20.   

1471  Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies on May - 20.   

1503  On this day in history 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 this day in history catharina Sforza, Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45   

1550  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510) on this day in history.   

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

1677  On May - 20 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  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 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  On this day in history 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  On May - 20 joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies   

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

1864  On this day in history john Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70   

1873  On May - 20 death of sir George-Étienne Cartier, French-Canadian statesman (b. 1814)   

1875  Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58 on May - 20.   

1876  On this day in history harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old   

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  Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349) was born on this day in history.   

1364  Henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican was born on May - 20.   

1470  Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian was born on May - 20.   

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

1547  Melchior Bischoff, composer was born on May - 20.   

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

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.