Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

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  On April - 20 elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies   

1558  On this day in history death of johannes Bugenhagen, German reformer (b. 1485)   

1632  Death of Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake on April - 20.   

1643  On this day in history 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  Death of Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

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

1786  John Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21 on this day in history.   

1812  George Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office on April - 20.   

1820  On April - 20 arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies   

1821  Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72   

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 this day in history.   

1874  Death of Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817) on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history death of muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826)   

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  Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85 on April - 20.   

1912  Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies at 64 on April - 20.   

1918  Reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies on April - 20.   

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

1442  On this day in history birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

1494  On this day in history birth of john Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister   

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

1592  On this day in history birth of john Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author   

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

1633  On April - 20 birth of emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (d. 1654)   

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