Famous Deaths In August - 20

0535  On August - 20 death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick   

0984  John XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies on August - 20.   

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.   

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on August - 20.   

1538  On August - 20 death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake   

1572  On August - 20 death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)   

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on August - 20.   

1632  On this day in history death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38   

1639  On August - 20 martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41   

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  On August - 20 death of cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49   

1679  Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on August - 20.   

1680  On this day in history death of william Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650)   

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

1707  On August - 20 death of nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)   

1773  On August - 20 death of enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701)   

1799  Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1804  Death of Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition on this day in history.   

1811  Death of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729) on this day in history.   

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  On August - 20 richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68   

1854  On August - 20 friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79   

1856  On August - 20 philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80   

1864  Daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history william Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies   

1914  On this day in history pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies   

1915  On this day in history paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61   

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

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1517  On this day in history birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)   

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on this day in history.   

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

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on August - 20.   

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 August - 20.   

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on August - 20.   

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on this day in history.