Famous Deaths Happened 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  On October - 20 urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies   

1268  On this day in history conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies   

1274  On October - 20 engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies   

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 October - 20.   

1570  On this day in history death of joão de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)   

1631  On this day in history death of michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550)   

1640  On October - 20 death of john Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585)   

1652  On this day in history death of antonio Coello, Spanish writer (b. 1611)   

1676  On October - 20 christopher Gibbons, composer, dies at 61   

1713  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On October - 20 death of champ Ferguson, Confederate guerrilla (b. 1821)   

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 this day in history.   

1876  On October - 20 jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 68   

1882  On this day in history olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina poet (El arpa perdida), dies at 41   

1890  On this day in history 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 October - 20.   

1906  William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants), dies at 67 on October - 20.   

1907  On October - 20 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api)   

1496  On this day in history birth of claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise   

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

1620  Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691) was born on October - 20.   

1632  Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect was born on this day in history.   

1637  Nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs) was born on this day in history.   

1656  Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746) was born on this day in history.