Famous Deaths In April - 20

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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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on this day in history.  

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) was born on April - 20.  

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

1646  On this day in history birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)