Famous Deaths In February - 20

1054  On this day in history yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on February - 20.   

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  On February - 20 death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on this day in history.   

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

1524  On February - 20 death of tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya   

1569  On this day in history mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician, dies at 50   

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

1595  Ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41 on February - 20.   

1618  On February - 20 death of philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554)   

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

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

1656  On February - 20 james Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76   

1667  On February - 20 david ben Samuel Halevi, rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies   

1707  On this day in history aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies   

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

1737  On February - 20 elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies   

1746  Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1762  On this day in history death of tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723)   

1771  Death of Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (b. 1678) on February - 20.   

1773  On February - 20 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 February - 20 johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70   

1788  On February - 20 gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68   

1790  Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1803  On February - 20 death of marie Dumesnil, French actress (b. 1713)   

1806  On this day in history death of lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (b. 1725)   

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

1810  On February - 20 death of andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42   

1817  On this day in history martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27   

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

1507  On this day in history birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)   

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1656  On this day in history 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