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 this day in history 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  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  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)  

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

1680  On August - 20 death of william Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650)  

1701  On this day in history death of charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639)  

1707  On this day in history death of nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)  

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

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

1813  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

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

1854  Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 on August - 20.  

1856  Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 on August - 20.  

1864  Daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.  

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

1887  Death of Jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860) on this day in history.  

1908  Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.  

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

1912  On this day in history william Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies  

1914  On August - 20 pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies  

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 August - 20.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | Next Page »

1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on August - 20.  

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on this day in history.  

1561  On August - 20 birth of jacopo Peri, composer  

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on August - 20.  

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  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on August - 20.  

1666  On this day in history birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer