Famous Deaths In April - 20

1164  Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies on this day in history.   

1176  On April - 20 death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)   

1314  Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies on this day in history.   

1317  On this day in history agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on April - 20.   

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on this day in history.   

1558  On this day in history death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)   

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

1643  On April - 20 christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75   

1662  Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies on this day in history.   

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 April - 20 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  On this day in history giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70   

1769  On this day in history death of pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered   

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 this day in history.   

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  Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on April - 20.   

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  On April - 20 death of alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)   

1887  On this day in history death of muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826)   

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

1900  On April - 20 mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies   

1906  Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 on April - 20.   

1908  Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64   

1918  On April - 20 reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies   

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0702  On this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)   

1442  On April - 20 birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

1494  John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister was born on April - 20.   

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on April - 20.   

1592  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author   

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

1633  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)   

1646  On this day in history birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)