Famous Deaths Happened In October - 20
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
0460 Eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1268 Conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies on October - 20.
1274 On October - 20 engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies
1438 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of joão de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)
1631 On October - 20 death of michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550)
1640 On October - 20 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 October - 20 christopher Gibbons, composer, dies at 61
1713 Death of Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652) on this day in history.
1740 On this day in history karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies
1765 On this day in history william August duke of Cumberland, Engl supreme commander, dies at 44
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 On this day in history 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 Michael William Balfe, composer (Bohemian Girl), dies at 62 on this day in history.
1871 Charles Babbage, English mathematician (calculator), dies at 78 on October - 20.
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 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 this day in history.
1906 On this day in history 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 Death of David B. Hill, Governor of New York (b. 1843) on October - 20.
1913 Leander Schlegel, composer, dies at 69 on October - 20.
1920 On this day in history 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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