Famous Deaths In August - 20
Friday, 29 September 2023
0535 Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on this day in history.
0984 John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on this day in history.
1153 On this day in history bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies
1384 On this day in history geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies
1538 Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on August - 20.
1572 On August - 20 death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)
1580 Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on August - 20.
1632 On this day in history death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38
1639 On this day in history martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41
1643 On August - 20 death of anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (b. 1591)
1648 Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65 on August - 20.
1672 Death of Cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49 on August - 20.
1679 On this day in history jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60
1680 On August - 20 death of william Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650)
1701 On this day in history death of charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639)
1707 On this day in history death of nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
1773 On this day in history death of enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701)
1799 On August - 20 johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37
1804 Death of Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition on August - 20.
1811 Death of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729) on August - 20.
1813 Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1823 Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83 on August - 20.
1825 Richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68 on August - 20.
1854 Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 on August - 20.
1856 Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 on August - 20.
1864 Daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.
1885 Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42 on August - 20.
1887 Death of Jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860) on this day in history.
1908 Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.
1910 Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.
1912 On this day in history william Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies
1914 On August - 20 pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies
1915 On this day in history paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61
1917 JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies on August - 20.
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