Famous Deaths In April - 20

1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on this day in history.  

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

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on April - 20.  

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  Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1662  On April - 20 gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies  

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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 April - 20 death of georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey  

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

1768  Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1812  George Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office on April - 20.  

1820  On April - 20 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 this day in history.  

1836  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1839  On April - 20 giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies  

1869  Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on April - 20.  

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 this day in history death of alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)  

1887  Death of Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826) on April - 20.  

1899  Death of Joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820) on April - 20.  

1900  Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on this day in history.  

1906  On April - 20 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  On this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)  

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) was born on April - 20.  

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  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on this day in history.  

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on this day in history.  

1633  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)  

1646  Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) was born on April - 20.