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 April - 20.   

1314  Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies on April - 20.   

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on April - 20.   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 April - 20.   

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

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 April - 20.   

1786  On this day in history 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  On this day in history arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies   

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

1831  On this day in history 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 April - 20.   

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

1873  Death of William Tite, English architect (b. 1798) on April - 20.   

1874  On April - 20 death of alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1908  Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1912  Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1918  On April - 20 reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies   

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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on April - 20.   

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 April - 20.   

1586  On April - 20 birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)   

1592  On April - 20 birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author   

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

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.