Famous Deaths Happened In August - 20

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

0984  On August - 20 john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on August - 20.   

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

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on August - 20.   

1632  On August - 20 death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38   

1639  Martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41 on August - 20.   

1643  Death of Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (b. 1591) on this day in history.   

1648  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65 on August - 20.   

1672  On August - 20 death of cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49   

1679  On August - 20 jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60   

1680  On this day in history death of william Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650)   

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

1707  Death of Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627) on August - 20.   

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  On this day in history death of charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition   

1811  Death of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729) on August - 20.   

1813  On this day in history jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74   

1823  On August - 20 pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83   

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

1854  Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1856  On August - 20 philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80   

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

1885  Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42 on August - 20.   

1887  On this day in history death of jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860)   

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

1910  Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1912  On August - 20 william Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies   

1914  Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies on August - 20.   

1915  On August - 20 paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61   

1917  On this day in history 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 August - 20.   

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  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on August - 20.   

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

1637  On August - 20 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 this day in history.