Famous Deaths Happened In April - 20

1164  On this day in history victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies   

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on April - 20.   

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 April - 20.   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on April - 20.   

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on April - 20.   

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on April - 20.   

1632  On April - 20 death of nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake   

1643  Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75 on April - 20.   

1662  On April - 20 gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies   

1695  On this day in history 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  On April - 20 death of pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered   

1786  John Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21 on this day in history.   

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  Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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  On April - 20 death of william Tite, English architect (b. 1798)   

1874  Death of Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817) on this day in history.   

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 April - 20.   

1906  On this day in history australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26   

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

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

1494  On this day in history 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  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)