Famous Deaths Happened In August - 20
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
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 Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on August - 20. 

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

1572 Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on this day in history. 

1580 On August - 20 death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) 

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

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 this day in history. 

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 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 this day in history. 

1701 On this day in history 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 August - 20. 

1799 On this day in history johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37 

1804 On this day in history death of charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition 

1811 On August - 20 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 August - 20. 

1825 Richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68 on August - 20. 

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 Daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies on this day in history. 

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 August - 20. 

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

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

1912 William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies on August - 20. 

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 August - 20 jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies 

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