Famous Deaths In November - 20

0869  On November - 20 death of king Edmund of East Anglia  

0967  Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies on November - 20.  

1347  On this day in history stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle  

1437  Death of Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363) on November - 20.  

1480  Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies on this day in history.  

1518  On this day in history pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies  

1527  Death of Wendelmoet "Weyntjen" Claesdochter, 1st Dutch woman burned as heretic on November - 20.  

1529  On November - 20 death of karl von Miltitz, papal nuncio  

1591  Death of Christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540) on this day in history.  

1612  Death of John Harington, English writer (b. 1561) on this day in history.  

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1651  On November - 20 death of mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)  

1662  Death of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1614) on this day in history.  

1669  On this day in history arnold Geulincx, South Neth philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45  

1675  Death of Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, Span land guardian of Neth (1664-68) on this day in history.  

1678  Charles Dujardin, painter/etcher (Learned Dog), dies at about 56 on this day in history.  

1695  Death of Zumbi, Brazilian runaway slave on this day in history.  

1704  Death of Charles Plumier, French botanist (b. 1646) on this day in history.  

1713  Thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel), dies on November - 20.  

1737  On November - 20 caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great-Britain, dies  

1741  On November - 20 melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies  

1750  On this day in history wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50  

1758  On November - 20 johan Helmich Roman, Finnish composer/violist, dies at 64  

1764  On this day in history christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies  

1778  Death of Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (b. 1726) on this day in history.  

1827  On this day in history alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer, dies at 58  

1851  On this day in history wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75  

1856  Farkas/Wolfgang Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 81 on November - 20.  

1863  On November - 20 james Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52  

1882  Bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62 on November - 20.  

1887  On November - 20 louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77  

1894  Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64 on November - 20.  

1898  John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies on November - 20.  

1899  On November - 20 carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63  

1908  On this day in history death of georgy Voronoy, Russian mathematician (b. 1868)  

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0270  On November - 20 birth of maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)  

1327  Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan) was born on this day in history.  

1602  Otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump) was born on November - 20.  

1606  Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian was born on this day in history.  

1620  On this day in history birth of peregrine White, son of Wm & Susanna White, born aboard Mayflower  

1621  Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682) was born on November - 20.  

1625  On this day in history birth of artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised  

1625  Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.