Famous Deaths In November - 20

0869  On this day in history death of king Edmund of East Anglia  

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

1347  On November - 20 stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle  

1437  Death of Thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363) on this day in history.  

1480  Eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies on November - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1591  On November - 20 death of christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)  

1612  On November - 20 death of john Harington, English writer (b. 1561)  

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

1662  Death of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1614) on November - 20.  

1669  Arnold Geulincx, South Neth philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45 on November - 20.  

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 November - 20.  

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  On November - 20 thomas Tompion, English clock maker (cylinder tunnel), dies  

1737  Caroline of Ansbach, queen of Great-Britain, dies on November - 20.  

1741  Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/clergyman, dies on November - 20.  

1750  Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

1764  On November - 20 christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies  

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

1827  Alexey Nikolayevich Titov, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1851  On November - 20 wenzel Sedlak, composer, dies at 75  

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

1863  James Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52 on November - 20.  

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

1887  Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77 on November - 20.  

1894  On November - 20 anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64  

1898  On November - 20 john Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies  

1899  Carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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

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0270  Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313) was born on November - 20.  

1327  Bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan) was born on November - 20.  

1602  On November - 20 birth of otto von Guericke, inventor (air pump)  

1606  On this day in history birth of abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian  

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 this day in history.  

1625  On November - 20 birth of artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised  

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