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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    May 20 1315

    Bonne of Luxembourg wife of John II of France (d. 1349)

    May 20 1364

    Henry Percy [Harry Hotspur] English soldierpolitician

    May 20 1537

    Hieronymus Fabricius Ab Aquapend Italy physician (De Formato Foetu)

    May 20 1547

    Melchior Bischoff German composer born in Pneck Germany (d. 1614)

    May 20 1554

    Paolo Bellasio Italian composer born in Verona (d. 1594)

    May 20 1660

    Andreas Schlter German sculptor (d. 1714)

    May 20 1663

    William Bradford English-born colonial printer (Pennsylvanias first printing press) born in Leicestershire England (d. 1752)

    May 20 1706

    Seth Pomeroy American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)

    May 20 1750

    Stephen Girard bailed out US bonds during War of 1812

    May 20 1754

    Hans Gram Danish-born American composer (d. 1804)

    May 20 1759

    William Thornton British-American architect (Capitol Building in Washington D.C) born in Jost Van Dyke British Virgin Islands (d. 1828)

    May 20 1764

    J Gottfried Schadow German sculptorcartoonistlithographer

    May 20 1768

    Dolley Dandridge Payne Madison 1st lady (1809-17)

    May 20 1769

    Andreas Vokos Miaoulis Greek admiral and politician (d. 1835)

    May 20 1772

    William Congreve English officer (design fire rocket)

    May 20 1799

    Honor de Balzac French novelist (La Comdie Humaine) born in Tours Indre-et-Loire France (d. 1850)

    May 20 1822

    Emile Erckmann [E-Chatrian] French writer (Waterloo)

    May 20 1822

    Frederic Passy French economistpacifist (Nobel 1901)

    May 20 1825

    Antoinette Brown Blackwell clergy (1st ordained US female minister)

    May 20 1828

    James William Reilly American lawyer politician and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Akron Ohio (d. 1905)

    May 20 1830

    Amalia MdGA princess of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenachwife of prince Henry

    May 20 1830

    Hector H Malot French writer (Without Family)

    May 20 1841

    Sara Louisa Oberholtz social reformer anti-smoking advocate

    May 20 1851

    Emile Berliner German inventor (flat phonograph record)

    May 20 1851

    Rose Hawthorne Lathrop American nundaughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne

    May 20 1860

    Eduard Buchner German chemist Nobel laureate (d. 1917)

    May 20 1869

    Joshua Pim Irish tennis player (Wimbledon 1893-94) born in Bray Wicklow (d. 1942)

    May 20 1874

    Folkert E Posthuma Dutch minister of AgricultureIndustry

    May 20 1881

    Wladyslaw Sikorski premier Poland (WW II general)

    May 20 1882

    Sigrid Undset Norwegian novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter Nobel 1928)

    May 20 1883

    Paul Arntzenius Dutch painter graphic artist and etcher born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1965)

    May 20 1889

    Felix Arndt American composer born in NYC New York (d. 1918)

    May 20 1890

    Beniamino Gigli Italian tenor (Enzo-La Gioconde)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    May 20 1217 Second Battle of Lincoln fought near Lincoln England resulting in the defeat of Prince Louis of France by William Marshal 2nd Earl of Pembroke

    May 20 1293 Earthquake strikes Kamakura Japan 30000 killed

    May 20 1293 King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Study of General Schools of Alcal

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