Famous Deaths In August - 20

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  On August - 20 death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake  

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on August - 20.  

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  Martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1643  On this day in history death of anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (b. 1591)  

1648  On this day in history edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65  

1672  Death of Cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49 on August - 20.  

1679  On this day in history jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60  

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

1701  Death of Charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639) on this day in history.  

1707  On August - 20 death of nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)  

1773  On this day in history death of enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701)  

1799  Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74  

1823  On August - 20 pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83  

1825  Richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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 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  On this day in history 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 August - 20.  

1914  On this day in history 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  JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies on this day in history.  

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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright  

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

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

1665  On this day in history birth of bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)  

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