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Born on Thursday August 20, 1620
- Sara Aarnouts van Beresteyn, Delft, Nederland († 1654)
- Sara Arnoudsdr van Beresteijn, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
- Sara Arnoudsdr van Beresteyn (van Beresteyn), Delft, Nederland († 1654)
- Maria de Geer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1703)
- Sara van Beresteijn, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1654)
- John Nutting, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England († 1676)
- Sara Arnouds van Beresteyn, Delft, Nederland († 1654)
- Elizabeth SHIP, Stechworth, Cambridgeshire, England
- Catherine ESTRIX
- Mathias Schroen, Eijsden
Died on Thursday August 20, 1620
- Ernst Ludwig von der Groeben
- Kornelius Henzi (76), Schüpfen, Berne, Suisse
- Thomas Hanmer (46)
- Joerg Schneider (78), Schwarzwald, Gotha, Thueringen, Germany
- Doede van Ockema
- Doede Wybes Ockema (40), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
- Willems Gijsberts van Rijn (45), Leiden
- Gertruudt Raedts (38), Wesel, Cleves, Germany
- Jeltie Doedes Ockema, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands
- Francesca van La Flye (80), Merville (Meregem), Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Born on August 20
- 1517 » Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, French cardinal and art collector († 1586)
- 1561 » Jacopo Peri, Italian singer and composer († 1633)
- 1625 » Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist († 1709)
- 1632 » Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and academic († 1704)
- 1659 » Henry Every, English pirate († 1696)
- 1710 » Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic († 1761)
- 1719 » Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator († 1783)
- 1720 » Bernard de Bury, French harpsichord player and composer († 1785)
- 1778 » Bernardo O'Higgins, Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile († 1842)
- 1779 » Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Swedish chemist and academic († 1848)
Died on August 20
- 1572 » Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish navigator and politician, 1st Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1502)
- 1580 » Jerónimo Osório, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1506)
- 1611 » Tomás Luis de Victoria, Spanish priest and composer (b. 1548)
- 1639 » Martin Opitz, German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1597)
- 1648 » Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1583)
- 1651 » Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish nobleman (b. 1612)
- 1672 » Cornelis de Witt, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1623)
- 1672 » Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (b. 1625)
- 1680 » William Bedloe, English spy (b. 1650)
- 1701 » Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, English playwright and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1639)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1620
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- June 20 » The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.
- September 6 » The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
- September 16 » Pilgrims set sail from England on the Mayflower.
- September 17 » Polish–Ottoman War: The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.
- November 11 » The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.
- November 21 » Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.)