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 April - 20.   

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

1317  On this day in history agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies   

1521  Death of Zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491) on April - 20.   

1534  On April - 20 elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies   

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 April - 20.   

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

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

1695  On April - 20 georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63   

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

1759  On April - 20 death of georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey   

1765  On April - 20 death of abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674)   

1768  On April - 20 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  On April - 20 john Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21   

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

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

1821  On this day in history franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67   

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

1836  Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75 on April - 20.   

1839  On April - 20 giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

1874  On this day in history death of alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)   

1887  Death of Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Egyptian statesman (b. 1826) on this day in history.   

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

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

1906  Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26 on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85   

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  On April - 20 birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)   

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

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

1646  Charles Plumier, French botanist (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.