Famous Deaths In February - 20

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

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

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

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on February - 20.   

1258  On this day in history death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

1408  On February - 20 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 February - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1628  Gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at about 63 on this day in history.   

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

1731  On February - 20 frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50   

1737  Elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies on February - 20.   

1746  Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68 on February - 20.   

1762  Death of Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723) on February - 20.   

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

1786  On February - 20 johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70   

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

1790  Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48 on February - 20.   

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 February - 20.   

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

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

1656  On this day in history birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on February - 20.   

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