Famous Deaths In February - 20

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

1154  On this day in history death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett  

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  On February - 20 mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician, dies at 50  

1579  Death of Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509) on February - 20.  

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1595  On this day in history ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41  

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

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

1628  Gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at about 63 on February - 20.  

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

1667  David ben Samuel Halevi, rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies on this day in history.  

1707  Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies on February - 20.  

1731  On this day in history frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50  

1737  Elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies on this day in history.  

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 February - 20.  

1773  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71 on February - 20.  

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

1786  Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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  Death of Andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42 on February - 20.  

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

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

1848  [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 on February - 20.  

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1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on this day in history.  

1507  On February - 20 birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)  

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on February - 20.  

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on February - 20.  

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

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on February - 20.