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

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on April - 20.   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on this day in history.   

1534  Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies on April - 20.   

1558  Death of Johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485) on this day in history.   

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on this day in history.   

1643  On this day in history christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75   

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

1695  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history death of lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)   

1759  Death of Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

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

1768  On April - 20 giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70   

1769  Death of Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered on April - 20.   

1786  John Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21 on April - 20.   

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 April - 20.   

1821  On April - 20 franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67   

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 this day in history.   

1869  Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1872  Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62 on April - 20.   

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

1899  On this day in history 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  Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 on April - 20.   

1912  Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1918  Reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies on this day in history.   

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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on April - 20.   

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) was born on this day in history.   

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 April - 20 birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)