Famous Deaths Happened 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 February - 20.   

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

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 February - 20.   

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

1431  On February - 20 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76 on February - 20.   

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 February - 20.   

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 February - 20 death of tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723)   

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  On February - 20 death of laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711)   

1786  On February - 20 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 February - 20 joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48   

1803  On February - 20 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  Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76 on February - 20.   

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 February - 20.   

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 February - 20.   

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

1523  On February - 20 birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)   

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

1633  On February - 20 birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

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

1734  On February - 20 birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

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