Famous Deaths In April - 20

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

1176  On this day in history death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)  

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

1534  On April - 20 elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies  

1558  On this day in history death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)  

1632  On this day in history death of nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake  

1643  On April - 20 christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75  

1662  On this day in history gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies  

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1695  On this day in history georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63  

1703  On April - 20 death of lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)  

1759  Death of Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on April - 20.  

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

1768  On this day in history giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70  

1769  Death of Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered on this day in history.  

1786  On April - 20 john Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21  

1812  George Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office on this day in history.  

1820  Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies on this day in history.  

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

1831  On April - 20 death of john Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764)  

1836  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75 on April - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

1872  Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 on April - 20.  

1873  On this day in history death of william Tite, English architect (b. 1798)  

1874  On April - 20 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 this day in history death of joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)  

1900  On April - 20 mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies  

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  Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64 on April - 20.  

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

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0702  On April - 20 birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)  

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) was born on this day in history.  

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on this day in history.  

1586  On this day in history birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)  

1592  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author  

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

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 this day in history.