Famous Deaths Happened In August - 20

0535  On this day in history death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick   

0984  On this day in history john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on August - 20.   

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on August - 20.   

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

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on August - 20.   

1580  Death of Jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506) on this day in history.   

1632  On August - 20 death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38   

1639  Martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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  Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1680  Death of William Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650) on August - 20.   

1701  On August - 20 death of charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639)   

1707  On this day in history death of nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)   

1773  Death of Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701) on this day in history.   

1799  Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history death of charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition   

1811  On this day in history death of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729)   

1813  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1823  Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83 on August - 20.   

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  On August - 20 philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80   

1864  On this day in history daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies   

1885  On August - 20 edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42   

1887  On this day in history death of jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860)   

1908  On August - 20 louis Varney, composer, dies at 64   

1910  Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1912  On August - 20 william Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies   

1914  Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies on this day in history.   

1915  Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on this day in history.   

1917  JFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies on August - 20.   

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1517  On this day in history birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)   

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on August - 20.   

1561  On August - 20 birth of jacopo Peri, composer   

1625  On August - 20 birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on August - 20.   

1637  On this day in history birth of cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam   

1665  On this day in history birth of bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)   

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on August - 20.