Famous Deaths In November - 20

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

0967  On November - 20 aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies   

1347  Stefano Colonna, Roman senator, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1437  On November - 20 death of thomas Langley, bishop of Durham, cardinal and lord chancellor (b. 1363)   

1480  On this day in history eleonora van Austrian, translator, dies   

1518  Pierre de la Rue/Peter van Straten, Flemish composer, dies on November - 20.   

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 this day in history death of christopher Hatton, English politician (b. 1540)   

1612  Death of John Harington, English writer (b. 1561) on November - 20.   

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

1662  On this day in history death of archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. 1614)   

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 November - 20.   

1678  On November - 20 charles Dujardin, painter/etcher (Learned Dog), dies at about 56   

1695  Death of Zumbi, Brazilian runaway slave on November - 20.   

1704  Death of Charles Plumier, French botanist (b. 1646) on November - 20.   

1713  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1750  On November - 20 wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50   

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

1764  Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history death of francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (b. 1726)   

1827  On November - 20 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  James Bruce, Count of Elgin & Kincardine, governor Jamaica, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1882  On November - 20 bela Albrecht Pal Keler, composer, dies at 62   

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  On this day in history john Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies   

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 this day in history birth of maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)   

1327  On this day in history birth of bassui Tokusho, Zen founder (Kogakuji monastery in Nakamura Japan)   

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

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

1620  On November - 20 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  Artus II Quellinus "the Young", Flemish sculptor, baptised was born on this day in history.   

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