Famous Deaths In April - 20

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

1176  On this day in history death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)  

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 April - 20.  

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on this day in history.  

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on April - 20.  

1643  On April - 20 christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75  

1662  On this day in history gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1769  Death of Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered on April - 20.  

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

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

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

1836  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1839  Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies on April - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

1873  On April - 20 death of william Tite, English architect (b. 1798)  

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

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

1906  On April - 20 australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26  

1908  On April - 20 henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85  

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

1918  Reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies on this day in history.  

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

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  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)