Famous Deaths In May - 20
Friday, 29 September 2023
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 this day in history.
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 May - 20.
1471 Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies on May - 20.
1503 Death of Lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463) on this day in history.
1506 On May - 20 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.
1597 Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle on May - 20.
1622 On this day in history osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies
1648 On this day in history wladyslaw IV Wasa, King of Poland, dies
1650 Francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44 on May - 20.
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 this day in history.
1713 Death of Thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635) on this day in history.
1717 Death of John Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637) on this day in history.
1722 On this day in history 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 May - 20.
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 On this day in history 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 this day in history joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies
1847 Mary Lamb, writer, dies on May - 20.
1864 John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70 on May - 20.
1873 Death of Sir George-Étienne Cartier, French-Canadian statesman (b. 1814) on this day in history.
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 On this day in history william Chambers, author/publisher, dies
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