Famous Deaths In June - 20

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

0840  Louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies on this day in history.  

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

1585  On this day in history christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52  

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

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

1668  On June - 20 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 this day in history.  

1787  On this day in history 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 June - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On June - 20 death of toshizou Hijikata, Shinsengumi vice-commander (b. 1835)  

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

1888  On this day in history cesare Dominiceti, composer, dies at 66  

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

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

1915  Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG), dies on this day in history.  

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  Clara Zetkin, German feminist/communist, dies on this day in history.  

1940  On June - 20 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 this day in history death of benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of lazaro Valvasensi, composer  

1615  On June - 20 birth of salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]  

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

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