Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies   

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 August - 20 death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)   

1580  On this day in history death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)   

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

1639  On this day in history martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41   

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 August - 20.   

1672  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1773  Death of Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701) on August - 20.   

1799  Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37 on August - 20.   

1804  Death of Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition on August - 20.   

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  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 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  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  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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1625  On August - 20 birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

1637  On August - 20 birth of cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam   

1665  On August - 20 birth of bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)   

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on August - 20.