Famous Deaths In October - 20

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

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

1187  On October - 20 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

1765  William August duke of Cumberland, Engl supreme commander, dies at 44 on October - 20.  

1794  On October - 20 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 October - 20.  

1864  Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Confederate gen-major, dies at 27 on this day in history.  

1865  Death of Champ Ferguson, Confederate guerrilla (b. 1821) on this day in history.  

1870  On October - 20 michael William Balfe, composer (Bohemian Girl), dies at 62  

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

1876  On this day in history jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 68  

1882  Olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina poet (El arpa perdida), dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1890  On October - 20 death of sir Richard Burton, British explorer and writer (b. 1821)  

1899  On October - 20 robert H "Bobby" Gunning, Brit colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle  

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

1904  Henry Hiles, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

1907  On October - 20 death of said Pasha Kurd, Kurdish statesman (b.1834)  

1910  Death of David B. Hill, Governor of New York (b. 1843) on October - 20.  

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

1920  Max Bruch, German composer (Kol Nidre), dies at 82 on October - 20.  

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

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1435  On this day in history 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  Claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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