Famous Deaths In October - 20

0460  Eudocia Aelia Athenais, empress Oostromeinse Rich/poetess, dies on October - 20.   

1139  On this day in history henry X the Trotse, duke of Bayern (1126-38), dies   

1187  On October - 20 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  Jacopo di Piero della Quercia, Italian sculptor, dies at about 64 on October - 20.   

1525  On this day in history 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  Death of John Ball, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1585) on this day in history.   

1652  On this day in history death of antonio Coello, Spanish writer (b. 1611)   

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

1713  Death of Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652) on October - 20.   

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 this day in history 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 October - 20 stephen Dodson Ramseur, Confederate gen-major, dies at 27   

1865  Death of Champ Ferguson, Confederate guerrilla (b. 1821) on October - 20.   

1870  On October - 20 michael William Balfe, composer (Bohemian Girl), dies at 62   

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

1876  Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper, Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 68 on October - 20.   

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 October - 20 charles Dudley Warner, US writer (As We Go), dies at 70   

1904  Henry Hiles, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1907  On this day in history death of said Pasha Kurd, Kurdish statesman (b.1834)   

1910  Death of David B. Hill, Governor of New York (b. 1843) on October - 20.   

1913  Leander Schlegel, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1920  Max Bruch, German composer (Kol Nidre), dies at 82 on October - 20.   

1926  On this day in history death of eugene Debs, American labor leader and Socialist presidential candidate (b. 1855)   

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1435  Andrea Della Robbia, Florence, sculptor, nephew of Luca was born on October - 20.   

1475  On this day in history birth of giovanni Rucellai, Italian poet (Le Api)   

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

1616  On this day in history birth of thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)   

1620  Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter (d. 1691) was born on October - 20.   

1632  Christopher Wren, England, astronomer/great architect was born on October - 20.   

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

1656  Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (d. 1746) was born on October - 20.