Famous Deaths In January - 20

0250  Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0287  On January - 20 death of st. Sebastian   

0820  On January - 20 abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies   

0842  Theophilus, Byzantine kaiser (829-42), dies on January - 20.   

0882  Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82), dies on this day in history.   

1156  Death of Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland on this day in history.   

1191  Death of Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167) on January - 20.   

1479  John II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81 on January - 20.   

1569  Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80 on January - 20.   

1612  Rudolf II von Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1639  Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies on January - 20.   

1666  Anna of Austria, queen of France/daughter of Philip III, dies at 64 on January - 20.   

1691  Christian de Placker, composer, dies at 77 on January - 20.   

1707  On January - 20 death of humphrey Hody, English theologian (b. 1659)   

1709  Death of François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (b. 1624) on this day in history.   

1713  On January - 20 pavao Vitezovic, Croatian historian, dies   

1727  On this day in history john van Bylevelt, Catholic apostole, dies   

1739  On January - 20 death of francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659)   

1745  On January - 20 charles VII Albert, German emperor (1742-45), dies at 47   

1751  On January - 20 death of john Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665)   

1770  Death of Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722) on January - 20.   

1779  John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1789  Johann Christoph Oley, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1798  On January - 20 christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master, dies at 66   

1810  Death of Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (b. 1722) on January - 20.   

1813  On January - 20 c M Wieland, writer, dies at 79   

1819  On this day in history carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808), dies at 70   

1830  On January - 20 michal Bogdanowicz, composer, dies at 50   

1837  On this day in history john Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84   

1838  Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64 on January - 20.   

1848  Death of Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786) on this day in history.   

1850  Death of Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779) on January - 20.   

1857  Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, dies at 32 on this day in history.   

1859  On this day in history b v Arnim, writer, dies at 73   

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0225  On this day in history birth of gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)   

1292  On January - 20 birth of elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)   

1358  Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382) was born on January - 20.   

1435  On January - 20 birth of ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)   

1554  On January - 20 birth of king Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)   

1586  On this day in history birth of johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel)   

1622  On January - 20 birth of susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns   

1654  Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet was born on January - 20.