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Best known
Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei
Emperor of Northern Wei
Louis the Pious
Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 813 to 840
Hucbald
Benedictine monk and music theorist (c. 850 – 930)
Adalbert of Magdeburg
German saint, archbishop and missionary (c. 910 – 981)
Mikhail of Vladimir
Grand Prince of Vladimir (r. 1174; 1175–1176)
Margareta Ebner
German Dominican nun and writer
Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei — Emperor of Northern Wei, who died on June 20 465.
Louis the Pious — Emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 813 to 840, who died on June 20 840.
Hucbald — Benedictine monk and music theorist (c. 850 – 930), who died on June 20 930.
Adalbert of Magdeburg — German saint, archbishop and missionary (c. 910 – 981), who died on June 20 981.
Mikhail of Vladimir — Grand Prince of Vladimir (r. 1174; 1175–1176), who died on June 20 1176.
Margareta Ebner — German Dominican nun and writer, who died on June 20 1351.
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62 people with a Wikipedia article died on June 20, including Emperor Wencheng of Northern Wei, Louis the Pious, Hucbald. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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