Famous Deaths Happened In April - 20
Monday, 20 January 2025
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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