Famous Deaths Happened 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  On April - 20 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  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  On April - 20 gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies   

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  Death of Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

1765  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1869  Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 April - 20 death of alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)   

1887  On April - 20 death of muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826)   

1899  On April - 20 death of joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)   

1900  On this day in history mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies   

1906  On this day in history australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26   

1908  Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 on April - 20.   

1912  Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64 on April - 20.   

1918  On this day in history reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies   

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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on this day in history.   

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

1494  On April - 20 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 April - 20.   

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on April - 20.   

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

1646  On this day in history birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)