Famous Deaths Happened In October - 20

0460  On October - 20 eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies   

1139  On October - 20 henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies   

1187  Urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies on October - 20.   

1268  Conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies on October - 20.   

1274  Engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1438  Jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64 on October - 20.   

1525  On October - 20 joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50   

1570  Death of João de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496) on October - 20.   

1631  Death of Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550) on this day in history.   

1640  On this day in history death of john Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585)   

1652  Death of Antonio Coello, Spanish writer (b. 1611) on this day in history.   

1676  On this day in history christopher Gibbons, composer, dies at 61   

1713  Death of Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652) on this day in history.   

1740  Karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies on October - 20.   

1765  On October - 20 william August duke of Cumberland, Engl supreme commander, dies at 44   

1794  James Adam, System architect (essays on agriculture), dies at about 64 on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer, dies at 66   

1842  On October - 20 death of grace Darling, English heroine (b. 1815)   

1864  On this day in history stephen Dodson Ramseur, Confederate gen-major, dies at 27   

1865  Death of Champ Ferguson, Confederate guerrilla (b. 1821) on October - 20.   

1870  On this day in history michael William Balfe, composer (Bohemian Girl), dies at 62   

1871  Charles Babbage, English mathematician (calculator), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1876  Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 68 on October - 20.   

1882  On this day in history olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina poet (El arpa perdida), dies at 41   

1890  Death of Sir Richard Burton, British explorer and writer (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1899  Robert H "Bobby" Gunning, Brit colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1900  Charles Dudley Warner, US writer (As We Go), dies at 70 on October - 20.   

1904  On October - 20 henry Hiles, composer, dies at 77   

1906  On October - 20 william "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants), dies at 67   

1907  On this day in history death of said Pasha Kurd, Kurdish statesman (b.1834)   

1910  On this day in history death of david B. Hill, Governor of New York (b. 1843)   

1913  Leander Schlegel, composer, dies at 69 on October - 20.   

1920  On October - 20 max Bruch, German composer (Kol Nidre), dies at 82   

1926  On this day in history death of eugene Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (b. 1855)   

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1435  Andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca was born on October - 20.   

1475  On this day in history birth of giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api)   

1496  On this day in history birth of claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise   

1616  Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680) was born on October - 20.   

1620  On this day in history birth of aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)   

1632  On this day in history birth of christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect   

1637  Nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs) was born on October - 20.   

1656  On this day in history birth of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)