Famous Deaths In May - 20

0685  Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645) on this day in history.  

1277  On May - 20 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 this day in history.  

1449  On May - 20 peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies  

1471  On this day in history henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies  

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  On May - 20 catharina Sforza, Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45  

1550  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510) on May - 20.  

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

1622  Osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies on May - 20.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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  On May - 20 death of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b. 1676)  

1751  On May - 20 domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas, composer, dies at 38  

1782  Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68 on May - 20.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  On May - 20 john Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70  

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

1875  On May - 20 amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58  

1876  Harold, grandson of English queen Victoria, dies at 8 days old on May - 20.  

1880  Eugene LFC prince the Ligne, Belgian prince of Ambise, dies at 76 on May - 20.  

1883  On May - 20 william Chambers, author/publisher, dies  

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1315  On May - 20 birth of bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)  

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

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

1537  Hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu) was born on this day in history.  

1547  On May - 20 birth of melchior Bischoff, composer  

1554  On this day in history birth of paulo Bellasio, composer  

1593  Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist was born on this day in history.  

1593  Salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656) was born on May - 20.