Famous Deaths Happened In April - 20

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

1176  On this day in history 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 April - 20.   

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

1534  On April - 20 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 April - 20.   

1662  Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on April - 20.   

1695  On April - 20 georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63   

1703  On April - 20 death of lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)   

1759  On April - 20 death of georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey   

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 this day in history.   

1786  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies   

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

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  Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies on April - 20.   

1869  On April - 20 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 this day in history.   

1874  Death of Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817) on April - 20.   

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

1906  Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 on April - 20.   

1908  On April - 20 henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85   

1912  On April - 20 bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64   

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

1494  On April - 20 birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister   

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on April - 20.   

1594  On April - 20 birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) was born on April - 20.