Famous Deaths In October - 20
Friday, 29 March 2024
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 Conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies on October - 20.
1274 Engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on October - 20.
1438 On this day in history jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64
1525 Joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50 on this day in history.
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 Death of John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585) on this day in history.
1652 On October - 20 death of antonio Coello, Spanish writer (b. 1611)
1676 Christopher Gibbons, composer, dies at 61 on October - 20.
1713 Death of Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652) on October - 20.
1740 Karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies on October - 20.
1765 William August duke of Cumberland, Engl supreme commander, dies at 44 on this day in history.
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 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 October - 20 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 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 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 October - 20.
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 this day in history.
1910 Death of David B. Hill, Governor of New York (b. 1843) on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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