Famous Deaths Happened In April - 20

1164  On this day in history victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies   

1176  On this day in history death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history death of nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake   

1643  Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75 on April - 20.   

1662  On April - 20 gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies   

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  On this day in history death of georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey   

1765  On April - 20 death of abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674)   

1768  Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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  George Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office on April - 20.   

1820  Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies on this day in history.   

1821  Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1836  On this day in history johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75   

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

1869  On this day in history johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72   

1872  On this day in history ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62   

1873  Death of William Tite, English architect (b. 1798) on April - 20.   

1874  Death of Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817) on this day in history.   

1887  Death of Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826) on this day in history.   

1899  Death of Joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820) on April - 20.   

1900  Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies on this day in history.   

1906  On April - 20 australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26   

1908  On this day in history henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85   

1912  On April - 20 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 April - 20.   

1442  On this day in history birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on this day in history.   

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

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on April - 20.   

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

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.