Famous Deaths In June - 20

0451  On June - 20 death of theodorid, King of the Visigoths  

0840  On this day in history louis de Vrome, emperor of French rich, dies  

0885  On this day in history death of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (b. 841)  

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  On this day in history maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, author, dies  

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

1751  On this day in history 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 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 June - 20 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 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 June - 20.  

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

1917  On this day in history james Mason Crafts, US chemist, dies at 78  

1922  On this day in history vittorio Monti, composer, dies at 54  

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

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

1947  Death of Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal on this day in history.  

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  John, Duke of Bedford, regent of England (d. 1435) was born on this day in history.  

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  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  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.