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  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 this day in history.  

1597  Willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies on June - 20.  

1649  Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies on June - 20.  

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

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  On June - 20 carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63  

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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 this day in history.  

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

1837  On June - 20 giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89  

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 June - 20.  

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

1876  On this day in history antonio L de Santa Ana, pres Mexico, dies at 79  

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

1888  Cesare Dominiceti, composer, dies at 66 on June - 20.  

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

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

1925  On June - 20 wilhelm Posse, composer, dies at 72  

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

1940  Jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29 on June - 20.  

1941  Stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies on June - 20.  

1945  On June - 20 bruno Frank, writer, dies at 58  

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  Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036) was born on June - 20.  

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

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

1583  Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652) was born on June - 20.  

1585  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer was born on June - 20.  

1615  Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21] was born on this day in history.  

1634  Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75) was born on this day in history.  

1642  On this day in history birth of george Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)