Famous Deaths In August - 20

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 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1632  Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on this day in history.  

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

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 August - 20.  

1679  Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1680  Death of William Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650) on August - 20.  

1701  On August - 20 death of charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639)  

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

1773  Death of Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701) on this day in history.  

1799  On this day in history johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37  

1804  On this day in history 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 August - 20.  

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 August - 20 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  Death of Jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860) on this day in history.  

1908  Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On August - 20 jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies  

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

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

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