Famous Deaths Happened In August - 20

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on August - 20.   

0984  John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on this day in history.   

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.   

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 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 August - 20.   

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 August - 20 jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60   

1680  On this day in history death of william Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650)   

1701  On this day in history death of charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639)   

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

1773  On August - 20 death of enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701)   

1799  On August - 20 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 August - 20 death of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729)   

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  On August - 20 richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68   

1854  On this day in history friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79   

1856  Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1864  On August - 20 daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies   

1885  On August - 20 edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42   

1887  On this day in history death of jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860)   

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

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  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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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on August - 20.   

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

1561  Jacopo Peri, composer was born on August - 20.   

1625  On this day in history birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

1632  On August - 20 birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)   

1637  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam was born on August - 20.   

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