Famous Deaths In August - 20

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

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)  

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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  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1804  Death of Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition on this day in history.  

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

1813  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74 on August - 20.  

1823  Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83 on August - 20.  

1825  Richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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 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 August - 20 louis Varney, composer, dies at 64  

1910  Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.  

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 August - 20.  

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

1561  On August - 20 birth of jacopo Peri, composer  

1625  On August - 20 birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright  

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

1637  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam was born on this day in history.  

1665  On this day in history birth of bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)  

1666  On August - 20 birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer