Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

1153  On this day in history bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies   

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

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

1632  On this day in history death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38   

1639  Martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1672  Death of Cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49 on this day in history.   

1679  Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on August - 20.   

1680  On August - 20 death of william Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650)   

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 August - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 20.   

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

1864  On this day in history daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies   

1885  Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

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 August - 20.   

1912  On this day in history william Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies   

1914  Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies on August - 20.   

1915  On this day in history paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61   

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

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on this day in history.