Famous Deaths In April - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1164 Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on April - 20.
1176 Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on this day in history.
1314 On this day in history clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies
1317 On this day in history agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies
1521 On April - 20 death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)
1534 Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on April - 20.
1558 Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on April - 20.
1632 Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on April - 20.
1643 Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75 on April - 20.
1662 On this day in history gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies
1695 On April - 20 georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63
1703 On this day in history death of lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)
1759 On this day in history death of georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey
1765 Death of Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674) on this day in history.
1768 Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70 on this day in history.
1769 On April - 20 death of pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered
1786 On April - 20 john Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21
1812 On April - 20 george Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office
1820 On April - 20 arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies
1821 On April - 20 franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67
1831 On this day in history death of john Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764)
1836 Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1839 On April - 20 giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies
1869 Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on April - 20.
1872 Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 on this day in history.
1873 On April - 20 death of william Tite, English architect (b. 1798)
1874 Death of Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817) on April - 20.
1887 Death of Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826) on this day in history.
1899 On April - 20 death of joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)
1900 On April - 20 mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies
1906 Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 on April - 20.
1908 On this day in history henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85
1912 Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64 on this day in history.
1918 Reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies on this day in history.
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