Famous Deaths In August - 20

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on this day in history.  

0984  On August - 20 john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies  

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on August - 20.  

1384  On August - 20 geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies  

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1632  On August - 20 death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38  

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

1643  Death of Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (b. 1591) on August - 20.  

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1648  On August - 20 edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65  

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

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

1707  Death of Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627) on this day in history.  

1773  On this day in history death of enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701)  

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  On this day in history death of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729)  

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

1885  Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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  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  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 August - 20.  

1561  On this day in history birth of jacopo Peri, composer  

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on this day in history.  

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