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

1317  On April - 20 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 this day in history christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75   

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

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

1703  On this day in history death of lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)   

1759  Death of Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

1765  On April - 20 death of abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674)   

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  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  On April - 20 arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies   

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

1831  On April - 20 death of john Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764)   

1836  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75 on April - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1872  Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 on April - 20.   

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

1874  On April - 20 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 this day in history.   

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  Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on April - 20.   

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  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 this day in history birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

1633  On April - 20 birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)   

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