Famous Deaths In June - 20

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

0840  On this day in history louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies  

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

1585  On June - 20 christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52  

1597  Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies on this day in history.  

1649  On June - 20 maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies  

1668  Death of Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620) on June - 20.  

1751  Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56 on June - 20.  

1776  On June - 20 death of benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704)  

1787  Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1800  On this day in history death of abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (b. 1719)  

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  On this day in history michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60  

1846  On this day in history pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67  

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  On this day in history antonio L de Santa Ana, pres Mexico, dies at 79  

1883  Olivier Gloux, [Gustave Aimard], French world explorer, dies at 64 on June - 20.  

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

1890  Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer, dies at 63 on June - 20.  

1906  On this day in history death of john Clayton Adams, British landscape artist (b. 1840)  

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

1917  On June - 20 james Mason Crafts, US chemist, dies at 78  

1922  Vittorio Monti, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

1925  On this day in history wilhelm Posse, composer, dies at 72  

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  Stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies on June - 20.  

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

1389  John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435) was born on June - 20.  

1566  On this day in history birth of sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden  

1583  On this day in history 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.