Famous Deaths In April - 20

1164  On April - 20 victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies   

1176  Death of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130) on April - 20.   

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

1317  On April - 20 agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies   

1521  On April - 20 death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)   

1534  On this day in history elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies   

1558  On April - 20 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  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1703  Death of Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632) on April - 20.   

1759  Death of Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on April - 20.   

1765  Death of Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674) on this day in history.   

1768  Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70 on April - 20.   

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

1786  On this day in history 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  On April - 20 arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies   

1821  Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on April - 20.   

1831  On this day in history death of john Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764)   

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

1839  Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies on April - 20.   

1869  Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on April - 20.   

1872  On April - 20 ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62   

1873  On April - 20 death of william Tite, English architect (b. 1798)   

1874  Death of Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817) on April - 20.   

1887  Death of Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826) on April - 20.   

1899  On April - 20 death of joseph Wolf, German artist (b. 1820)   

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

1906  On this day in history 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 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  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on April - 20.   

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

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

1586  Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617) was born on this day in history.   

1592  John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author was born on this day in history.   

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

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on April - 20.   

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