Famous Deaths In August - 20

0535  On this day in history death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick   

0984  On this day in history john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on August - 20.   

1384  On August - 20 geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies   

1538  On August - 20 death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake   

1572  On August - 20 death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)   

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on August - 20.   

1632  Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on this day in history.   

1639  Martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41 on August - 20.   

1643  On August - 20 death of anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (b. 1591)   

1648  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1672  Death of Cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49 on August - 20.   

1679  Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1680  Death of William Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650) on this day in history.   

1701  On August - 20 death of charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639)   

1707  Death of Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627) on this day in history.   

1773  On August - 20 death of enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701)   

1799  Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37 on August - 20.   

1804  On this day in history death of charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition   

1811  On August - 20 death of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729)   

1813  On this day in history jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74   

1823  On this day in history pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83   

1825  Richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68 on August - 20.   

1854  On August - 20 friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79   

1856  Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies   

1885  Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42 on August - 20.   

1887  On August - 20 death of jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860)   

1908  Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1910  On August - 20 arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64   

1912  William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies on August - 20.   

1914  On this day in history pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies   

1915  Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on this day in history.   

1917  JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies on August - 20.   

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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on August - 20.   

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on August - 20.   

1561  On August - 20 birth of jacopo Peri, composer   

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on August - 20.   

1632  On this day in history birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)   

1637  On August - 20 birth of cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam   

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on this day in history.   

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on August - 20.