Famous Deaths Happened In August - 20

0535  On August - 20 death of mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick   

0984  On August - 20 john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

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

1384  On August - 20 geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies   

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

1572  On August - 20 death of miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502)   

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

1632  On this day in history death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38   

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

1643  On this day in history death of anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (b. 1591)   

1648  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher, dies at 65 on August - 20.   

1672  Death of Cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49 on August - 20.   

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  Death of Charles Sedley, English playwright (b. 1639) on August - 20.   

1707  Death of Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627) on this day in history.   

1773  Death of Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (b. 1701) on August - 20.   

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

1804  On August - 20 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  On this day in history jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74   

1823  Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83 on August - 20.   

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  On this day in history philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80   

1864  Daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42   

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  Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64 on August - 20.   

1912  On August - 20 william Booth, English minister/founder (Leader des Heils), dies   

1914  On this day in history pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies   

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  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  Louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of alphonse d' Eve, composer