Famous Deaths In April - 20

1164  On April - 20 victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies  

1176  On April - 20 death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)  

1314  On this day in history clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies  

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  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 April - 20.  

1643  On this day in history christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75  

1662  Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on April - 20.  

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1695  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on April - 20.  

1703  Death of Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632) on April - 20.  

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 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  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 this day in history.  

1820  Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies on April - 20.  

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

1831  Death of John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764) on this day in history.  

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

1839  On April - 20 giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies  

1869  On April - 20 johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72  

1872  On April - 20 ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62  

1873  Death of William Tite, English architect (b. 1798) on this day in history.  

1874  Death of Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817) on this day in history.  

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

1899  Death of Joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820) on April - 20.  

1900  Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on this day in history.  

1906  Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 on April - 20.  

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

1912  On April - 20 bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64  

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 this day in history.  

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

1494  On April - 20 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  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on this day in history.  

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.