Famous Deaths In April - 20

1164  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on April - 20.  

1643  Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

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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  Death of Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on April - 20.  

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  Death of Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered on this day in history.  

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

1812  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75  

1839  On this day in history giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies  

1869  On this day in history johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72  

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

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

1900  On this day in history mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies  

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

1442  On April - 20 birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)  

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

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 April - 20.  

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

1633  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)  

1646  On April - 20 birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)