Famous Deaths In April - 20

1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on this day in history.   

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on April - 20.   

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

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  On April - 20 elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1643  On this day in history christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75   

1662  Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on April - 20.   

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

1703  On this day in history death of lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)   

1759  Death of Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on April - 20.   

1765  Death of Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674) on this day in history.   

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

1769  Death of Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered on this day in history.   

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  Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies on this day in history.   

1821  On April - 20 franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67   

1831  Death of John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764) on April - 20.   

1836  On April - 20 johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75   

1839  On April - 20 giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies   

1869  Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1872  Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 on April - 20.   

1873  Death of William Tite, English architect (b. 1798) on this day in history.   

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

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  Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26   

1908  Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64   

1918  On this day in history reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies   

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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on this day in history.   

1442  On April - 20 birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on April - 20.   

1586  On this day in history birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)   

1592  On April - 20 birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author   

1594  On April - 20 birth of matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer   

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on April - 20.   

1646  On April - 20 birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)