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  On this day in history conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1525  Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50 on October - 20.   

1570  On October - 20 death of joão de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)   

1631  On this day in history death of michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550)   

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 October - 20.   

1676  Christopher Gibbons, composer, dies at 61 on October - 20.   

1713  Death of Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652) on October - 20.   

1740  On this day in history karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies   

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

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

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

1842  Death of Grace Darling, English heroine (b. 1815) on this day in history.   

1864  Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Confederate gen-major, dies at 27 on October - 20.   

1865  On this day in history death of champ Ferguson, Confederate guerrilla (b. 1821)   

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 October - 20.   

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

1882  On October - 20 olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina poet (El arpa perdida), dies at 41   

1890  Death of Sir Richard Burton, British explorer and writer (b. 1821) on October - 20.   

1899  Robert H "Bobby" Gunning, Brit colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle on October - 20.   

1900  On this day in history charles Dudley Warner, US writer (As We Go), dies at 70   

1904  Henry Hiles, composer, dies at 77 on October - 20.   

1906  On this day in history william "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants), dies at 67   

1907  Death of Said Pasha Kurd, Kurdish statesman (b.1834) on October - 20.   

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

1913  On this day in history leander Schlegel, composer, dies at 69   

1920  On this day in history max Bruch, German composer (Kol Nidre), dies at 82   

1926  Death of Eugene Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (b. 1855) on this day in history.   

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

1475  Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api) was born on October - 20.   

1496  On October - 20 birth of claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise   

1616  Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1620  On October - 20 birth of aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691)   

1632  Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect was born on October - 20.   

1637  On October - 20 birth of nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs)   

1656  Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746) was born on this day in history.