Famous Deaths Happened In August - 20

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on this day in history.   

0984  On August - 20 john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

1153  On this day in history bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies   

1384  On August - 20 geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies   

1538  On this day in history death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake   

1572  On this day in history death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)   

1580  On this day in history death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)   

1632  Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on August - 20.   

1639  Martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41 on August - 20.   

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  Death of Cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49 on August - 20.   

1679  On this day in history jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60   

1680  Death of William Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650) on this day in history.   

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

1707  Death of Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627) on this day in history.   

1773  On this day in history 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  On August - 20 death of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729)   

1813  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74 on August - 20.   

1823  On this day in history pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83   

1825  On this day in history richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68   

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

1856  Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history louis Varney, composer, dies at 64   

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  Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies on August - 20.   

1915  Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on August - 20.   

1917  On August - 20 jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies   

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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on this day in history.   

1526  On August - 20 birth of peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum)   

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

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)   

1637  On August - 20 birth of cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam   

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

1666  On August - 20 birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer