Famous Deaths In June - 20

0451  On June - 20 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  On this day in history christianus Adrichomius, writer (Theatrum Terrae Sanctae), dies at 52   

1597  On this day in history willem Barents, explorer (discovered Spitsbergen & Bereneil), dies   

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

1787  Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola player/composer, dies at 63 on June - 20.   

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

1820  On June - 20 death of manuel Belgrano, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1770)   

1833  On June - 20 philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44   

1837  Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1933  Clara Zetkin, German feminist/communist, dies on this day in history.   

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 June - 20 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 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 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  On this day in history birth of salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]   

1634  Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75) was born on June - 20.   

1642  On June - 20 birth of george Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)