Famous Deaths In August - 20

0535  On August - 20 death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick   

0984  John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on August - 20.   

1153  On August - 20 bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies   

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on August - 20.   

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 August - 20.   

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on this day in history.   

1632  Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on August - 20.   

1639  Martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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  On August - 20 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 August - 20.   

1707  Death of Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627) on August - 20.   

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  On August - 20 death of charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition   

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  On August - 20 friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79   

1856  On this day in history philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80   

1864  On this day in history daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies   

1885  On August - 20 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 August - 20.   

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

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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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on this day in history.   

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

1561  Jacopo Peri, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1632  On this day in history 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 August - 20.   

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