Famous Deaths Happened In February - 20

1054  On February - 20 yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on this day in history.   

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on February - 20.   

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  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  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  Death of Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509) on this day in history.   

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  On February - 20 john Dowland, composer, dies   

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

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

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

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

1746  On February - 20 guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68   

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

1788  On February - 20 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  On this day in history 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  On February - 20 johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76   

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

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

1845  Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57 on February - 20.   

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

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1494  On this day in history 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  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  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.   

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

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