Famous Deaths In August - 20
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
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 On August - 20 bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies
1384 Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on August - 20.
1538 Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on this day in history.
1572 Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on August - 20.
1580 On this day in history death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)
1632 On August - 20 death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38
1639 On this day in history martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41
1643 Death of Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (b. 1591) on August - 20.
1648 On August - 20 edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65
1672 On August - 20 death of cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49
1679 Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on August - 20.
1680 Death of William Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650) on this day in history.
1701 On this day in history death of charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639)
1707 Death of Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627) on August - 20.
1773 On August - 20 death of enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701)
1799 Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.
1804 On August - 20 death of charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition
1811 On this day in history death of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729)
1813 Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74 on August - 20.
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 Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 on August - 20.
1856 On August - 20 philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80
1864 Daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies on August - 20.
1885 On August - 20 edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42
1887 On August - 20 death of jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860)
1908 Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.
1910 On this day in history arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64
1912 On this day in history william Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies
1914 On this day in history pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies
1915 On this day in history paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61
1917 JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies on August - 20.
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