Famous Deaths In August - 20
Friday, 25 October 2024
0535 On August - 20 death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick
0984 John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on August - 20.
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 August - 20.
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 this day in history.
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 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 August - 20.
1707 Death of Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627) on August - 20.
1773 On this day in history death of enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701)
1799 On August - 20 johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37
1804 On August - 20 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 this day in history.
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 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 On August - 20 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 August - 20.
1912 William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies on this day in history.
1914 On this day in history pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies
1915 Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on this day in history.
1917 JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies on August - 20.
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