Famous Deaths 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  On April - 20 clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies  

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

1521  On April - 20 death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)  

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on this day in history.  

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  

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1695  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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

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 April - 20.  

1820  On April - 20 arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies  

1821  Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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

1836  On this day in history johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75  

1839  Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies on this day in history.  

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 April - 20.  

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

1874  On this day in history 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 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 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 April - 20.  

1442  On this day in history birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)  

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

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

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on this day in history.  

1594  On this day in history birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer  

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 April - 20.