Famous Deaths In October - 20

0460  Eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies on this day in history.   

1139  Henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies on this day in history.   

1187  On this day in history urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies   

1268  On October - 20 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  On October - 20 jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64   

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 October - 20.   

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

1652  On October - 20 death of antonio Coello, Spanish writer (b. 1611)   

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

1713  On October - 20 death of archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652)   

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

1765  On this day in history 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  Lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer, dies at 66 on October - 20.   

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

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

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

1870  Michael William Balfe, composer (Bohemian Girl), dies at 62 on October - 20.   

1871  On October - 20 charles Babbage, English mathematician (calculator), dies at 78   

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  On this day in history death of sir Richard Burton, British explorer and writer (b. 1821)   

1899  On this day in history robert H "Bobby" Gunning, Brit colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle   

1900  Charles Dudley Warner, US writer (As We Go), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history henry Hiles, composer, dies at 77   

1906  William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants), dies at 67 on October - 20.   

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

1910  On October - 20 death of david B. Hill, Governor of New York (b. 1843)   

1913  On October - 20 leander Schlegel, composer, dies at 69   

1920  Max Bruch, German composer (Kol Nidre), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1926  Death of Eugene Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (b. 1855) on October - 20.   

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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  On this day in history birth of thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)   

1620  On October - 20 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  Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746) was born on this day in history.