Famous Deaths Happened 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  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  On this day in history 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 October - 20 death of archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652)   

1740  Karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies on this day in history.   

1765  On October - 20 william August duke of Cumberland, Engl supreme commander, dies at 44   

1794  On this day in history james Adam, System architect (essays on agriculture), dies at about 64   

1819  On October - 20 lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer, dies at 66   

1842  Death of Grace Darling, English heroine (b. 1815) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 October - 20.   

1876  Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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 October - 20.   

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

1900  On this day in history charles Dudley Warner, US writer (As We Go), dies at 70   

1904  On this day in history henry Hiles, composer, dies at 77   

1906  On October - 20 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  On October - 20 death of david B. Hill, Governor of New York (b. 1843)   

1913  Leander Schlegel, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1920  On October - 20 max Bruch, German composer (Kol Nidre), dies at 82   

1926  Death of Eugene Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (b. 1855) on October - 20.   

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

1616  On this day in history 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 October - 20.   

1637  On October - 20 birth of nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs)   

1656  On this day in history birth of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)