Famous Deaths In October - 20

0460  On October - 20 eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies   

1139  On October - 20 henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies   

1187  On this day in history urbanus III, [Umberto Crivelli], Italian Pope (1185-87), dies   

1268  On October - 20 conrad Hohenstaufen, [Conrad van Zwaben], son of Conrad IV, dies   

1274  Engelbert II of Falkenburg, archbishop of Cologne, dies on this day in history.   

1438  On October - 20 jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64   

1525  On October - 20 joannes Custos, S Neth humanist, dies at about 50   

1570  On October - 20 death of joão de Barros, Portuguese historian (b. 1496)   

1631  Death of Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550) on October - 20.   

1640  On October - 20 death of john Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585)   

1652  On October - 20 death of antonio Coello, Spanish writer (b. 1611)   

1676  Christopher Gibbons, composer, dies at 61 on October - 20.   

1713  On October - 20 death of archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652)   

1740  On this day in history karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies   

1765  William August duke of Cumberland, Engl supreme commander, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1794  On October - 20 james Adam, System architect (essays on agriculture), dies at about 64   

1819  On October - 20 lambert-Francois Godecharle, composer, dies at 66   

1842  On October - 20 death of grace Darling, English heroine (b. 1815)   

1864  On this day in history stephen Dodson Ramseur, Confederate gen-major, dies at 27   

1865  Death of Champ Ferguson, Confederate guerrilla (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1870  Michael William Balfe, composer (Bohemian Girl), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1871  On October - 20 charles Babbage, English mathematician (calculator), dies at 78   

1876  Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1882  Olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina poet (El arpa perdida), dies at 41 on October - 20.   

1890  Death of Sir Richard Burton, British explorer and writer (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1899  On October - 20 robert H "Bobby" Gunning, Brit colonel (60th Rifles), dies in battle   

1900  On this day in history charles Dudley Warner, US writer (As We Go), dies at 70   

1904  On this day in history henry Hiles, composer, dies at 77   

1906  William "Buck" Ewing, hall of fame catcher (NY Giants), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1907  Death of Said Pasha Kurd, Kurdish statesman (b.1834) on October - 20.   

1910  On October - 20 death of david B. Hill, Governor of New York (b. 1843)   

1913  On October - 20 leander Schlegel, composer, dies at 69   

1920  On October - 20 max Bruch, German composer (Kol Nidre), dies at 82   

1926  On October - 20 death of eugene Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (b. 1855)   

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1435  On this day in history birth of andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca   

1475  Giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api) was born on October - 20.   

1496  On October - 20 birth of claude de Lutherans, duke of Guise   

1616  Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680) was born on October - 20.   

1620  Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history birth of christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect   

1637  On this day in history birth of nicolaas van der Veken, Flemish sculptor (confessional chairs)   

1656  On October - 20 birth of nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746)