Famous Deaths In April - 20

1164  On April - 20 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1558  On April - 20 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  Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on April - 20.  

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  On this day in history death of georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey  

1765  Death of Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674) on this day in history.  

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

1769  On this day in history death of pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered  

1786  John Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21 on April - 20.  

1812  On April - 20 george Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office  

1820  On this day in history arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies  

1821  Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on April - 20.  

1831  Death of John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764) on April - 20.  

1836  On April - 20 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  Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on April - 20.  

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 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 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 April - 20.  

1908  On this day in history henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85  

1912  On this day in history bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64  

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 April - 20.  

1494  On this day in history birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister  

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  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on April - 20.  

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