Famous Deaths In April - 20

1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on this day in history.  

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

1521  On this day in history death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)  

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

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

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

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

1662  On April - 20 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  Death of Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on April - 20.  

1765  On this day in history death of abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674)  

1768  Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70 on April - 20.  

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

1786  On this day in history john Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21  

1812  On April - 20 george Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office  

1820  On April - 20 arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies  

1821  Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on April - 20.  

1831  On this day in history death of john Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764)  

1836  On April - 20 johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75  

1839  On this day in history giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

1874  On this day in history 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  Death of Joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820) on this day in history.  

1900  On this day in history mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies  

1906  Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 on this day in history.  

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 April - 20.  

1918  On April - 20 reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies  

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0702  On this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)  

1442  On this day in history birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)  

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on this day in history.  

1586  On April - 20 birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)  

1592  On April - 20 birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author  

1594  On April - 20 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)