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  Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies on this day in history.  

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1521  On April - 20 death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)  

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on this day in history.  

1558  On April - 20 death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)  

1632  On this day in history death of nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake  

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

1662  Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on this day in history.  

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1695  On this day in history georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63  

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 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 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  On this day in history arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies  

1821  On April - 20 franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67  

1831  Death of John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764) on April - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

1869  Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on April - 20.  

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 April - 20.  

1874  On this day in history death of alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)  

1887  Death of Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826) on this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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  On April - 20 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 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  On this day in history birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)