Famous Deaths In August - 20

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on this day in history.   

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  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on this day in history.   

1538  On August - 20 death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake   

1572  On this day in history death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)   

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  On August - 20 martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41   

1643  On this day in history death of anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (b. 1591)   

1648  On August - 20 edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65   

1672  Death of Cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49 on this day in history.   

1679  On this day in history jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60   

1680  Death of William Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650) on this day in history.   

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

1707  On this day in history 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  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 August - 20 pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83   

1825  Richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68 on August - 20.   

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  Daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies on August - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1908  On August - 20 louis Varney, composer, dies at 64   

1910  On August - 20 arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64   

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

1914  Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies on this day in history.   

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

1917  JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies on this day in history.   

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1517  On this day in history birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)   

1526  On this day in history 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  On August - 20 birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)   

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

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on this day in history.   

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on this day in history.