Famous Deaths 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  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 April - 20.  

1558  On April - 20 death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)  

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on this day in history.  

1643  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1765  On April - 20 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 this day in history.  

1769  On this day in history death of pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered  

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

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

1831  Death of John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764) on April - 20.  

1836  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 April - 20.  

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

1887  On this day in history death of muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826)  

1899  On this day in history death of joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)  

1900  Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on this day in history.  

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  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 April - 20.  

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0702  On April - 20 birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1646  On April - 20 birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)