Famous Deaths Happened In May - 20

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

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 this day in history peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies   

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

1503  Death of Lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463) on May - 20.   

1506  On this day in history christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty, in Spain at 55   

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

1622  Osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies on this day in history.   

1648  Wladyslaw IV Wasa, King of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1650  On May - 20 francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44   

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  Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1793  Death of Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b. 1720) on May - 20.   

1795  Death of Ignác Martinovics, Hungarian physicist/revolutionary, beheaded on May - 20.   

1825  Death of Papaflessas, Greek priest and government official (b. 1788) on this day in history.   

1834  Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert de Motier, nobleman, dies on May - 20.   

1841  Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies on May - 20.   

1847  Mary Lamb, writer, dies on May - 20.   

1864  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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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1315  On May - 20 birth of bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (d. 1349)   

1364  On May - 20 birth of henry Percy, [Harry Hotspur], British soldier/politican   

1470  On this day in history birth of pietro Bembo, cardinal/theologian   

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

1547  Melchior Bischoff, composer was born on this day in history.   

1554  On May - 20 birth of paulo Bellasio, composer   

1593  Jacob Jordaens, Flemish barok artist was born on May - 20.   

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