Famous Deaths In August - 20

0535  On this day in history death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick  

0984  On this day in history john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies  

1153  On this day in history bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies  

1384  On August - 20 geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies  

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on August - 20.  

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on August - 20.  

1580  On August - 20 death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)  

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  Death of Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (b. 1591) on August - 20.  

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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  Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on August - 20.  

1680  Death of William Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650) on August - 20.  

1701  Death of Charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639) on this day in history.  

1707  On August - 20 death of nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)  

1773  Death of Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701) on August - 20.  

1799  Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37 on August - 20.  

1804  Death of Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition on August - 20.  

1811  On August - 20 death of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729)  

1813  On August - 20 jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74  

1823  On this day in history pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83  

1825  On August - 20 richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68  

1854  On August - 20 friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79  

1856  On this day in history philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80  

1864  On August - 20 daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies  

1885  On August - 20 edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42  

1887  Death of Jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860) on August - 20.  

1908  On this day in history louis Varney, composer, dies at 64  

1910  On this day in history arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64  

1912  William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies  

1915  Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on August - 20.  

1917  On August - 20 jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies  

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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on this day in history.  

1526  On August - 20 birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)  

1561  Jacopo Peri, composer was born on this day in history.  

1625  On this day in history birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright  

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on August - 20.  

1637  On this day in history birth of cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam  

1665  On August - 20 birth of bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)  

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on August - 20.