Famous Deaths Happened 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  On August - 20 bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies   

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

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on this day in history.   

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

1639  On August - 20 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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 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  Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

1854  On this day in history friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79   

1856  Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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 August - 20.   

1912  William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies on this day in history.   

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  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 August - 20.   

1526  On this day in history birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)   

1561  On August - 20 birth of jacopo Peri, composer   

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on August - 20.   

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  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on this day in history.   

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