Famous Deaths In April - 20
Friday, 02 June 2023
1164 Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on this day in history.
1176 Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1521 On April - 20 death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)
1534 On this day in history elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies
1558 On this day in history 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 April - 20.
1695 Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1703 Death of Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632) on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1768 On April - 20 giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70
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 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 this day in history.
1839 Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies on this day in history.
1869 On this day in history johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72
1872 On this day in history ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62
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 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 April - 20 mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies
1906 Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 on April - 20.
1908 Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 on April - 20.
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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