Famous Deaths In April - 20
Saturday, 28 January 2023
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 this day in history.
1314 Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies on this day in history.
1317 On this day in history agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies
1521 Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on this day in history.
1534 On April - 20 elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies
1558 On April - 20 death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)
1632 Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on this day in history.
1643 On April - 20 christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75
1662 Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on April - 20.
1695 Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1703 Death of Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632) on this day in history.
1759 On this day in history death of georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey
1765 Death of Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674) on this day in history.
1768 On April - 20 giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70
1769 On this day in history death of pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered
1786 John Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21 on April - 20.
1812 On April - 20 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 Death of John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764) on April - 20.
1836 On April - 20 johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75
1839 Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies on this day in history.
1869 Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on April - 20.
1872 On April - 20 ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62
1873 On this day in history death of william Tite, English architect (b. 1798)
1874 On this day in history 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 On April - 20 death of joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)
1900 Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on April - 20.
1906 Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 on April - 20.
1908 On this day in history henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85
1912 On this day in history bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64
1918 Reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies on April - 20.
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