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Famous Deaths In February - 20

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

1054 Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on this day in history.

1154 Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on this day in history.

1171 Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on this day in history.

1194 On this day in history tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies

1258 Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on this day in history.

1408 On this day in history death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)

1431 Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.

1524 Death of Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya on this day in history.

1569 Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician, dies at 50 on this day in history.

1579 On this day in history death of nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509)

1595 Ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41 on this day in history.

1618 On this day in history death of philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554)

1626 On this day in history john Dowland, composer, dies

1628 Gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at about 63 on this day in history.

1656 On this day in history james Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76

1667 On this day in history david ben Samuel Halevi, rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies

1707 Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies on this day in history.

1731 Frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.

1737 On this day in history elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies

1746 On this day in history guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68

1762 Death of Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723) on this day in history.

1771 Death of Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (b. 1678) on this day in history.

1773 Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71 on this day in history.

1778 Death of Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711) on this day in history.

1786 On this day in history johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70

1788 Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68 on this day in history.

1790 On this day in history joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48

1803 On this day in history death of marie Dumesnil, French actress (b. 1713)

1806 Death of Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (b. 1725) on this day in history.

1809 Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.

1810 Death of Andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42 on this day in history.

1817 Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.

1845 On this day in history pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57

1848 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1494 On this day in history birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)

1507 Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on this day in history.

1523 On this day in history birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)

1632 Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on this day in history.

1633 On this day in history birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher

1656 Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.

1734 On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer

1745 Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on this day in history.