Famous Deaths In April - 20

1164  On April - 20 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 April - 20.   

1317  On April - 20 agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies   

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 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  On this day in history gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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 April - 20.   

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  On this day in history george Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office   

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  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75 on April - 20.   

1839  Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies on this day in history.   

1869  On April - 20 johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72   

1872  On April - 20 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  On April - 20 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 April - 20.   

1906  On April - 20 australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26   

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  Reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies on this day in history.   

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

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 April - 20.   

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

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)