Famous Deaths In June - 20

0451  On this day in history death of theodorid, King of the Visigoths  

0840  Louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies on June - 20.  

0885  On June - 20 death of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)  

1585  Christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52 on June - 20.  

1597  On June - 20 willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies  

1649  Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies on this day in history.  

1668  On this day in history death of heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620)  

1751  On this day in history adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56  

1776  Death of Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704) on June - 20.  

1787  Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63 on June - 20.  

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1800  Death of Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (b. 1719) on June - 20.  

1820  Death of Manuel Belgrano, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1770) on this day in history.  

1833  Philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44 on June - 20.  

1837  Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1842  Michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1846  Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67 on this day in history.  

1869  Death of Toshizou Hijikata, Shinsengumi vice-commander (b. 1835) on this day in history.  

1870  On June - 20 jules de Goncourt, writer, dies at 39  

1876  Antonio L de Santa Ana, pres Mexico, dies at 79 on June - 20.  

1883  On this day in history olivier Gloux, [Gustave Aimard], French world explorer, dies at 64  

1888  On June - 20 cesare Dominiceti, composer, dies at 66  

1890  On June - 20 theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer, dies at 63  

1906  Death of John Clayton Adams, British landscape artist (b. 1840) on this day in history.  

1915  On June - 20 emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG), dies  

1917  James Mason Crafts, US chemist, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history vittorio Monti, composer, dies at 54  

1923  On this day in history joseph Leopold Rockel, composer, dies at 85  

1925  Wilhelm Posse, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1933  On this day in history clara Zetkin, German feminist/communist, dies  

1940  Jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29 on this day in history.  

1941  On this day in history stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies  

1945  Bruno Frank, writer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1947  Death of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal on June - 20.  

1948  On this day in history george Frederick Boyle, composer, dies at 61  

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1005  On June - 20 birth of ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036)  

1389  On this day in history birth of john, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435)  

1566  Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden was born on this day in history.  

1583  On June - 20 birth of jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)  

1585  On this day in history birth of lazaro Valvasensi, composer  

1615  Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21] was born on June - 20.  

1634  Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75) was born on June - 20.  

1642  George Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology) was born on this day in history.