Famous Deaths Happened In April - 20

1164  On this day in history 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 April - 20.   

1317  On this day in history agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies   

1521  On this day in history death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)   

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on April - 20.   

1558  On this day in history 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  On April - 20 gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies   

1695  On April - 20 georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63   

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  On April - 20 death of abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674)   

1768  On April - 20 giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70   

1769  Death of Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered on April - 20.   

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  Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies on April - 20.   

1821  On this day in history franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67   

1831  Death of John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764) on this day in history.   

1836  On April - 20 johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75   

1839  On this day in history giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies   

1869  On this day in history johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72   

1872  Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1873  On April - 20 death of william Tite, English architect (b. 1798)   

1874  Death of Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817) on April - 20.   

1887  Death of Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826) on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history death of joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)   

1900  Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on April - 20.   

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  Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1918  Reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies on April - 20.   

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0702  On this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)   

1442  On April - 20 birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on April - 20.   

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 April - 20.   

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

1633  On April - 20 birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)   

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