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  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 May - 20.   

1506  Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55 on May - 20.   

1509  On this day in history catharina Sforza, Italian duchess of Forli, dies at 45   

1550  On May - 20 death of ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510)   

1597  Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1717  On May - 20 death of john Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637)   

1722  On May - 20 death of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669)   

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

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 May - 20 death of papaflessas, Greek priest and government official (b. 1788)   

1834  On this day in history 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  John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1883  William Chambers, author/publisher, dies on May - 20.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1547  On May - 20 birth of melchior Bischoff, composer   

1554  On May - 20 birth of paulo Bellasio, composer   

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.