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  On this day in history clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies  

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on April - 20.  

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

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

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1695  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on April - 20.  

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

1759  Death of Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on April - 20.  

1765  Death of Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674) on April - 20.  

1768  On this day in history giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70  

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

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

1812  George Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office on this day in history.  

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  Death of John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764) on this day in history.  

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

1839  On April - 20 giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies  

1869  Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1872  On April - 20 ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62  

1873  On this day in history death of william Tite, English architect (b. 1798)  

1874  On April - 20 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  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 April - 20 australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26  

1908  Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1912  On this day in history 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  On April - 20 birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister  

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

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on this day in history.  

1594  On this day in history 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)