Famous Deaths Happened In April - 20

1164  On this day in history victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies   

1176  On April - 20 death of richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English soldier (b. 1130)   

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

1317  On April - 20 agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies   

1521  On this day in history death of zhengde, Emperor of China (b. 1491)   

1534  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1662  On this day in history gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies   

1695  On this day in history georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63   

1703  Death of Lancelot Addison, English royal chaplain (b. 1632) on April - 20.   

1759  Death of Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on April - 20.   

1765  Death of Abigail Williams, American accuser in the Salem witch trials (b. 1674) on April - 20.   

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  On this day in history john Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21   

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  Death of John Abernethy, English surgeon (b. 1764) on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75   

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

1869  On April - 20 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 April - 20.   

1874  On April - 20 death of alexander H. Bailey, American politician (b. 1817)   

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 April - 20 mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies   

1906  On April - 20 australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26   

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 this day in history birth of jafar Sadiq, Muslim scholar (d. 765)   

1442  On April - 20 birth of edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)   

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

1586  On this day in history birth of saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)   

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)