Famous Deaths Happened In October - 20
Monday, 23 June 2025
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 Conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies on October - 20.
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 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)
1652 Death of Antonio Coello, Spanish writer (b. 1611) on this day in history.
1676 On this day in history christopher Gibbons, composer, dies at 61
1713 Death of Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652) on this day in history.
1740 Karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies on October - 20.
1765 On October - 20 william August duke of Cumberland, Engl supreme commander, dies at 44
1794 James Adam, System architect (essays on agriculture), dies at about 64 on this day in history.
1819 On this day in history lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer, dies at 66
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 this day in history michael William Balfe, composer (Bohemian Girl), dies at 62
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 October - 20.
1882 On this day in history olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina poet (El arpa perdida), dies at 41
1890 Death of Sir Richard Burton, British explorer and writer (b. 1821) on this day in history.
1899 Robert H "Bobby" Gunning, Brit colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle on this day in history.
1900 Charles Dudley Warner, US writer (As We Go), dies at 70 on October - 20.
1904 On October - 20 henry Hiles, composer, dies at 77
1906 On October - 20 william "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants), dies at 67
1907 On this day in history death of said Pasha Kurd, Kurdish statesman (b.1834)
1910 On this day in history death of david B. Hill, Governor of New York (b. 1843)
1913 Leander Schlegel, composer, dies at 69 on October - 20.
1920 On October - 20 max Bruch, German composer (Kol Nidre), dies at 82
1926 On this day in history death of eugene Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (b. 1855)
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