Famous Deaths In April - 20

1164  On April - 20 victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies   

1176  On April - 20 death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)   

1314  Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies on April - 20.   

1317  On April - 20 agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

1534  On this day in history elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies   

1558  On this day in history death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)   

1632  On this day in history death of nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake   

1643  Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75 on April - 20.   

1662  Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1695  On this day in history georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63   

1703  Death of Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632) on this day in history.   

1759  On April - 20 death of georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey   

1765  On this day in history death of abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674)   

1768  On April - 20 giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70   

1769  Death of Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered on April - 20.   

1786  On this day in history john Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21   

1812  On this day in history 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  Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on April - 20.   

1831  Death of John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764) on this day in history.   

1836  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75 on April - 20.   

1839  Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies on April - 20.   

1869  On this day in history johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72   

1872  On April - 20 ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62   

1873  On this day in history death of william Tite, English architect (b. 1798)   

1874  On April - 20 death of alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)   

1887  On this day in history death of muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826)   

1899  On this day in history death of joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)   

1900  On this day in history mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies   

1906  Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 on April - 20.   

1908  On April - 20 henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85   

1912  On April - 20 bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64   

1918  On April - 20 reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies   

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0702  On this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)   

1442  On this day in history birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

1494  On this day in history birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister   

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

1592  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author   

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on this day in history.   

1633  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)   

1646  On this day in history birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)