Famous Deaths In June - 20

0451  Death of Theodorid, King of the Visigoths on June - 20.   

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 June - 20.   

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

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 June - 20 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  Death of Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and manufacturer (b. 1704) on this day in history.   

1787  On this day in history carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63   

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

1842  On this day in history michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60   

1846  On June - 20 pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67   

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 this day in history.   

1883  Olivier Gloux, [Gustave Aimard], French world explorer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1888  Cesare Dominiceti, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1890  Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1906  On June - 20 death of john Clayton Adams, British landscape artist (b. 1840)   

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

1917  James Mason Crafts, US chemist, dies at 78 on June - 20.   

1922  Vittorio Monti, composer, dies at 54 on June - 20.   

1923  On June - 20 joseph Leopold Rockel, composer, dies at 85   

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

1933  Clara Zetkin, German feminist/communist, dies on June - 20.   

1940  On this day in history jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29   

1941  Stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history bruno Frank, writer, dies at 58   

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  On June - 20 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  Lazaro Valvasensi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1615  On this day in history birth of salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]   

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.