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  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 this day in history.  

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

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 June - 20.  

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

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1800  On June - 20 death of abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (b. 1719)  

1820  Death of Manuel Belgrano, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1770) on June - 20.  

1833  Philip Knapton, composer, dies at 44 on June - 20.  

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

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

1846  On this day in history pieter Adams, architect of Rotterdam, dies at about 67  

1869  On June - 20 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 June - 20.  

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

1906  Death of John Clayton Adams, British landscape artist (b. 1840) on June - 20.  

1915  Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG), dies on June - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

1925  On this day in history wilhelm Posse, composer, dies at 72  

1933  On this day in history clara Zetkin, German feminist/communist, dies  

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 June - 20 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  Ali az-Zahir, caliph (d. 1036) was born on June - 20.  

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 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 June - 20.  

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

1634  On June - 20 birth of charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75)  

1642  On this day in history birth of george Hickes, English linguistic (Old German Philology)