Famous Deaths In April - 20

1164  On April - 20 victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies  

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on April - 20.  

1314  Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies on this day in history.  

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1521  On April - 20 death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)  

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on this day in history.  

1558  On April - 20 death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)  

1632  On April - 20 death of nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake  

1643  On April - 20 christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75  

1662  Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on this day in history.  

1695  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on April - 20.  

1703  Death of Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632) on this day in history.  

1759  Death of Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.  

1765  Death of Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674) on April - 20.  

1768  On this day in history giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70  

1769  Death of Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered on this day in history.  

1786  John Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21 on April - 20.  

1812  On this day in history george Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office  

1820  On this day in history arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies  

1821  Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on April - 20.  

1831  On this day in history death of john Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764)  

1836  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75 on April - 20.  

1839  Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies on April - 20.  

1869  Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1872  Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 on April - 20.  

1873  Death of William Tite, English architect (b. 1798) on this day in history.  

1874  On April - 20 death of alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)  

1887  On this day in history death of muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826)  

1899  Death of Joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820) on this day in history.  

1900  On April - 20 mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies  

1906  On this day in history australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26  

1908  On this day in history henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85  

1912  On April - 20 bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64  

1918  On April - 20 reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies  

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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on this day in history.  

1442  On this day in history birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)  

1494  On this day in history birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister  

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on April - 20.  

1592  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author  

1594  On April - 20 birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer  

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on April - 20.  

1646  On April - 20 birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)