Famous Deaths Happened In August - 20

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on this day in history.   

0984  On August - 20 john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.   

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on August - 20.   

1538  On August - 20 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  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on August - 20.   

1632  Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on this day in history.   

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  On August - 20 edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65   

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

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

1707  Death of Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627) on this day in history.   

1773  On August - 20 death of enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701)   

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  Death of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729) on this day in history.   

1813  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74 on August - 20.   

1823  Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83 on August - 20.   

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

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

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

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  Death of Jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860) on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history louis Varney, composer, dies at 64   

1910  On August - 20 arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64   

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 this day in history.   

1915  Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on August - 20.   

1917  JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies on August - 20.   

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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 August - 20.   

1561  On August - 20 birth of jacopo Peri, composer   

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

1632  On this day in history 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