Famous Deaths Happened In February - 20

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

1154  On February - 20 death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

1171  On February - 20 death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on this day in history.   

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on February - 20.   

1408  On February - 20 death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

1431  On this day in history martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies   

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 February - 20.   

1579  On February - 20 death of nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509)   

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

1618  Death of Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554) on February - 20.   

1626  John Dowland, composer, dies on February - 20.   

1628  On February - 20 gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at about 63   

1656  On February - 20 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  On February - 20 aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies   

1731  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50 on February - 20.   

1737  On February - 20 elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies   

1746  Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68 on February - 20.   

1762  Death of Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723) on February - 20.   

1771  On February - 20 death of jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (b. 1678)   

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

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  On this day in history gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68   

1790  On February - 20 joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48   

1803  Death of Marie Dumesnil, French actress (b. 1713) on February - 20.   

1806  On February - 20 death of lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (b. 1725)   

1809  On February - 20 johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76   

1810  On this day in history death of andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42   

1817  Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27 on February - 20.   

1845  Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

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1494  On February - 20 birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on February - 20.   

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

1632  On this day in history birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

1633  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on February - 20.   

1656  On February - 20 birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1745  On February - 20 birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer