Famous Deaths In August - 20
Saturday, 27 April 2024
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 Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on August - 20.
1384 On August - 20 geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies
1538 On August - 20 death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake
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 Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on this day in history.
1639 Martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41 on August - 20.
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 this day in history.
1672 Death of Cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49 on August - 20.
1679 Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on this day in history.
1680 Death of William Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650) on this day in history.
1701 On August - 20 death of charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639)
1707 Death of Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627) on this day in history.
1773 On August - 20 death of enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701)
1799 Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37 on August - 20.
1804 On this day in history death of charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition
1811 On August - 20 death of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729)
1813 On this day in history 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 Richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68 on August - 20.
1854 On August - 20 friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79
1856 Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies
1885 Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42 on August - 20.
1887 On August - 20 death of jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860)
1908 Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1910 On August - 20 arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64
1912 William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies on August - 20.
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 this day in history.
1917 JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies on August - 20.
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