Famous Deaths Happened In August - 20

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on this day in history.   

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

1153  On August - 20 bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies   

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

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on this day in history.   

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

1580  On August - 20 death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)   

1632  On August - 20 death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38   

1639  Martin Opitz, German poet/historian (Troerinnen), dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

1648  On August - 20 edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65   

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

1679  Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1680  Death of William Bedloe, English informer (b. 1650) on this day in history.   

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

1707  On this day in history death of nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)   

1773  Death of Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701) on this day in history.   

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

1804  On this day in history death of charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition   

1811  Death of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (b. 1729) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1854  Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

1864  On this day in history daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies   

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

1887  Death of Jules Laforgue, French poet (b. 1860) on this day in history.   

1908  Louis Varney, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.   

1910  Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1914  Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies on August - 20.   

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

1917  On this day in history jFW Adolf Ritter von Baeyer, German chemist (Nobel 1905), dies   

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1517  On this day in history birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)   

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on August - 20.   

1561  Jacopo Peri, composer was born on August - 20.   

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on August - 20.   

1632  On August - 20 birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)   

1637  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam was born on August - 20.   

1665  On this day in history birth of bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)   

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