Famous Deaths In October - 20

0460  Eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies on October - 20.  

1139  Henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies on October - 20.  

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

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

1525  Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50 on this day in history.  

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

1631  On October - 20 death of michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550)  

1640  Death of John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585) on October - 20.  

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

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

1713  On this day in history death of archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652)  

1740  Karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies on this day in history.  

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  Lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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  Death of Champ Ferguson, Confederate guerrilla (b. 1821) on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1882  Olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina poet (El arpa perdida), dies at 41 on October - 20.  

1890  On this day in history death of sir Richard Burton, British explorer and writer (b. 1821)  

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

1900  On October - 20 charles Dudley Warner, US writer (As We Go), dies at 70  

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

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  Death of David B. Hill, Governor of New York (b. 1843) on October - 20.  

1913  Leander Schlegel, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

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

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1435  On October - 20 birth of andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca  

1475  Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api) was born on this day in history.  

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

1616  On October - 20 birth of thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)  

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

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

1637  On this day in history birth of nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs)  

1656  On October - 20 birth of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)