Famous Deaths Happened In August - 20
Friday, 11 July 2025
0535 On August - 20 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 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 On this day in history death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)
1632 Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on August - 20.
1639 On this day in history martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41
1643 Death of Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (b. 1591) on August - 20.
1648 Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65 on August - 20.
1672 On this day in history death of cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49
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 Death of Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627) on this day in history.
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 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 this day in history.
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 this day in history philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80
1864 On August - 20 daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies
1885 On this day in history edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42
1887 On August - 20 death of jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860)
1908 Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.
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 On August - 20 pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies
1915 Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on August - 20.
1917 On this day in history jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies
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