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 April - 20.  

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

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

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on April - 20.  

1534  On this day in history elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies  

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on April - 20.  

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  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  Death of Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674) on April - 20.  

1768  Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

1786  On April - 20 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  Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies on April - 20.  

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 April - 20.  

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

1874  Death of Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817) on April - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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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 this day in history.  

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on this day in history.  

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.  

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  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)