Famous Deaths In August - 20

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on August - 20.   

0984  On this day in history john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

1153  On August - 20 bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies   

1384  On this day in history geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies   

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on August - 20.   

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on this day in history.   

1632  Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on August - 20.   

1639  Martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41 on August - 20.   

1643  On August - 20 death of anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (b. 1591)   

1648  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65 on August - 20.   

1672  Death of Cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49 on this day in history.   

1679  On August - 20 jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60   

1680  Death of William Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650) on this day in history.   

1701  Death of Charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639) on this day in history.   

1707  Death of Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627) on August - 20.   

1773  Death of Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701) on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37   

1804  On August - 20 death of charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition   

1811  On this day in history death of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729)   

1813  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1823  Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83 on August - 20.   

1825  Richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79   

1856  Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1864  On this day in history daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies   

1885  Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42 on August - 20.   

1887  On August - 20 death of jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860)   

1908  Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64   

1912  William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies on August - 20.   

1914  Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies on August - 20.   

1915  Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on this day in history.   

1917  JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies on this day in history.   

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1517  On August - 20 birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)   

1526  On August - 20 birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)   

1561  On this day in history birth of jacopo Peri, composer   

1625  On this day in history birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

1632  On this day in history birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)   

1637  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam was born on this day in history.   

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on this day in history.   

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on August - 20.