Famous Deaths In May - 20

0685  On May - 20 death of king Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)  

1277  John XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies on May - 20.  

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

1444  Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63 on May - 20.  

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 May - 20.  

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  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510)  

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1597  On this day in history matthijs Heldt, dies in battle  

1622  On May - 20 osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies  

1648  On May - 20 wladyslaw IV Wasa, King of Poland, dies  

1650  Francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1669  On this day in history joris van der Hagen, landscape painter, dies  

1677  On May - 20 death of george Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (b. 1612)  

1713  On May - 20 death of thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635)  

1717  On this day in history death of john Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637)  

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

1732  Death of Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b. 1676) on May - 20.  

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 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  Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert de Motier, nobleman, dies on this day in history.  

1841  Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies on this day in history.  

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

1864  On May - 20 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  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  On this day in history 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 May - 20.  

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

1470  Pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian was born on this day in history.  

1537  On May - 20 birth of hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician (De Formato Foetu)  

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

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

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

1593  On May - 20 birth of salomo Glassius, German theologian (d. 1656)