Famous Deaths In August - 20

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on August - 20.   

0984  On this day in history john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on August - 20.   

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on August - 20.   

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on August - 20.   

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on August - 20.   

1580  On this day in history death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)   

1632  Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on this day in history.   

1639  On this day in history martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41   

1643  On August - 20 death of anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (b. 1591)   

1648  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1672  On August - 20 death of cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49   

1679  Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on August - 20.   

1680  On this day in history death of william Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650)   

1701  On August - 20 death of charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639)   

1707  Death of Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627) on August - 20.   

1773  On this day in history death of enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701)   

1799  Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37 on August - 20.   

1804  Death of Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition on this day in history.   

1811  Death of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729) on August - 20.   

1813  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74 on August - 20.   

1823  Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1825  Richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68 on August - 20.   

1854  Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 on August - 20.   

1856  Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1864  Daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies on August - 20.   

1885  Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history death of jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860)   

1908  On August - 20 louis Varney, composer, dies at 64   

1910  On this day in history arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64   

1912  William Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies on August - 20.   

1914  Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies on this day in history.   

1915  Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61 on August - 20.   

1917  On August - 20 jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies   

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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on this day in history.   

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on this day in history.   

1561  Jacopo Peri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1625  On this day in history birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright   

1632  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on August - 20.   

1637  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam was born on this day in history.   

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on this day in history.   

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on August - 20.