Famous Deaths Happened In April - 20

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

1176  On this day in history death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)   

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

1317  Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies on this day in history.   

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 April - 20 death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)   

1632  On April - 20 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 April - 20.   

1695  Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63 on April - 20.   

1703  On April - 20 death of lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632)   

1759  On this day in history death of georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey   

1765  On this day in history 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  John Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21 on April - 20.   

1812  On April - 20 george Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office   

1820  Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies on this day in history.   

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

1831  Death of John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764) on April - 20.   

1836  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1887  On April - 20 death of muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826)   

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

1900  On this day in history 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  On this day in history bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64   

1918  On this day in history reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies   

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0702  Jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765) was born on this day in history.   

1442  Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83) was born on April - 20.   

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

1586  On April - 20 birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)   

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

1594  Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer was born on April - 20.   

1633  Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654) was born on this day in history.   

1646  On April - 20 birth of charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704)