Famous Deaths Happened In August - 20
Tuesday, 26 August 2025
0535 On this day in history 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 Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on August - 20.
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 this day in history death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)
1580 Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on August - 20.
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 August - 20.
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 this day in history.
1672 Death of Cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49 on August - 20.
1679 On August - 20 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 On August - 20 death of nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
1773 Death of Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701) on this day in history.
1799 Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.
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 On August - 20 jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74
1823 On this day in history pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83
1825 Richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68 on August - 20.
1854 On this day in history friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79
1856 Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 on August - 20.
1864 On this day in history 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 August - 20.
1908 Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.
1910 On August - 20 arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64
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 August - 20 jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies
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