Famous Deaths In May - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0685 On May - 20 death of king Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645)
1277 On this day in history john XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies
1285 On May - 20 death of john II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259)
1444 On May - 20 bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63
1449 Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies on this day in history.
1471 On May - 20 henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies
1503 On this day in history death of lorenzo de Medici, Italian patron (b. 1463)
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 May - 20.
1550 On May - 20 death of ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510)
1597 Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle on this day in history.
1622 On May - 20 osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies
1648 Wladyslaw IV Wasa, King of Poland, dies on this day in history.
1650 Francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.
1669 Joris van der Hagen, landscape painter, dies on this day in history.
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 On this day in history death of john Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637)
1722 Death of Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669) on this day in history.
1732 On May - 20 death of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b. 1676)
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 May - 20 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 Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert de Motier, nobleman, dies on May - 20.
1841 Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies on this day in history.
1847 Mary Lamb, writer, dies on this day in history.
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 May - 20.
1875 On May - 20 amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58
1876 On this day in history 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 May - 20.
1883 On May - 20 william Chambers, author/publisher, dies
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