Famous Deaths Happened In May - 20
Wednesday, 19 February 2025
0685 Death of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (b. 645) on May - 20.
1277 John XXI, [Petrus Juliani/Hispanus], Port Pope (1276-77), dies on May - 20.
1285 Death of John II of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus (b. 1259) on May - 20.
1444 On May - 20 bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63
1449 Peter, Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies on May - 20.
1471 Henry VI, king of England (1422-61, 70-71)/France (1431-71), dies on May - 20.
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 Death of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Japanese shogun (b. 1510) on May - 20.
1597 Matthijs Heldt, dies in battle on this day in history.
1622 On May - 20 osman II, sultan of Turkey (1618-22), dies
1648 On May - 20 wladyslaw IV Wasa, King of Poland, dies
1650 On May - 20 francesco Sacrati, composer, dies at 44
1669 On May - 20 joris van der Hagen, landscape painter, dies
1677 Death of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (b. 1612) on this day in history.
1713 On May - 20 death of thomas Sprat, English writer (b. 1635)
1717 Death of John Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637) on May - 20.
1722 On May - 20 death of sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669)
1732 On this day in history death of thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b. 1676)
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 On this day in history death of charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist (b. 1720)
1795 On May - 20 death of ignác Martinovics, Hungarian physicist/revolutionary, beheaded
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 Joseph Blanco White, theological writert, dies on this day in history.
1847 On this day in history mary Lamb, writer, dies
1864 John Clare, English poet (Little Trotty Wagtail), dies at 70 on May - 20.
1873 On this day in history death of sir George-Étienne Cartier, French-Canadian statesman (b. 1814)
1875 Amalia, wife of King Otto of Greece, dies at 58 on May - 20.
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 On this day in history william Chambers, author/publisher, dies
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