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  On June - 20 death of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)  

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

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

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

1668  Death of Heinrich Roth, German Sanskrit scholar (b. 1620) on this day in history.  

1751  Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1737-41), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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 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  On this day in history philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44  

1837  On this day in history giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89  

1842  On June - 20 michael Umlauf, composer, dies at 60  

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  Jules de Goncourt, writer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

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

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

1940  On June - 20 jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29  

1941  On this day in history stephanie H (Lapidoth-)Swarth, author (Lonely flowers, dies  

1945  Bruno Frank, writer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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  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  Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden was born on June - 20.  

1583  On June - 20 birth of jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (d. 1652)  

1585  On June - 20 birth of lazaro Valvasensi, composer  

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

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 this day in history.