Famous Deaths In August - 20

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

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

1538  On this day in history death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake  

1572  On this day in history 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  Death of Cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49 on August - 20.  

1679  Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1680  Death of William Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650) on August - 20.  

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

1707  On this day in history 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  On August - 20 johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37  

1804  Death of Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition on this day in history.  

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 August - 20 pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83  

1825  On this day in history richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68  

1854  Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 on August - 20.  

1856  Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 on August - 20.  

1864  Daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies on August - 20.  

1885  On August - 20 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  Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.  

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  On this day in history paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61  

1917  On this day in history jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies  

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1517  On August - 20 birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)  

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

1561  On August - 20 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 August - 20.  

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on August - 20.  

1666  On August - 20 birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer