Famous Deaths In February - 20

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on February - 20.   

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

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on this day in history.   

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

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  Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

1595  On February - 20 ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41   

1618  Death of Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554) on this day in history.   

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

1628  On February - 20 gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at about 63   

1656  James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

1762  Death of Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

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 February - 20.   

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

1803  Death of Marie Dumesnil, French actress (b. 1713) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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  On February - 20 birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

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