Famous Deaths In February - 20

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  On this day in history death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)  

1194  On February - 20 tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies  

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

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

1431  On February - 20 martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies  

1524  On this day in history death of tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya  

1569  On February - 20 mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician, dies at 50  

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

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

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

1626  John Dowland, composer, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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  On this day in history death of jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (b. 1678)  

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

1778  On this day in history death of laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711)  

1786  Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70 on February - 20.  

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

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

1803  On February - 20 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 February - 20.  

1810  Death of Andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42 on February - 20.  

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

1845  On February - 20 pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57  

1848  On February - 20 [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  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 this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer