Famous Deaths In June - 20

0451  Death of Theodorid, King of the Visigoths on this day in history.  

0840  On June - 20 louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies  

0885  Death of Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841) on this day in history.  

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  On June - 20 maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies  

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

1751  On June - 20 adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56  

1776  On this day in history death of benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704)  

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 this day in history.  

1820  Death of Manuel Belgrano, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1770) on June - 20.  

1833  Philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

1837  Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89 on June - 20.  

1842  Michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60 on June - 20.  

1846  Pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67 on June - 20.  

1869  Death of Toshizou Hijikata, Shinsengumi vice-commander (b. 1835) on June - 20.  

1870  Jules de Goncourt, writer, dies at 39 on June - 20.  

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  Cesare Dominiceti, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer, dies at 63  

1906  Death of John Clayton Adams, British landscape artist (b. 1840) on June - 20.  

1915  On this day in history emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG), dies  

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

1922  On June - 20 vittorio Monti, composer, dies at 54  

1923  Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer, dies at 85 on June - 20.  

1925  Wilhelm Posse, composer, dies at 72 on June - 20.  

1933  On June - 20 clara Zetkin, German feminist/communist, dies  

1940  On June - 20 jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29  

1941  On June - 20 stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies  

1945  Bruno Frank, writer, dies at 58 on June - 20.  

1947  On June - 20 death of benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal  

1948  George Frederick Boyle, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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1005  Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75)  

1642  George Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology) was born on June - 20.