Famous Deaths Happened In February - 20

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

1154  On February - 20 death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

1171  On this day in history death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

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

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on February - 20.   

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on February - 20.   

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on February - 20.   

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

1569  On this day in history mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician, dies at 50   

1579  Death of Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509) on this day in history.   

1595  Ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1618  On February - 20 death of philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554)   

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

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

1656  On this day in history 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  Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies on February - 20.   

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

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  Death of Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (b. 1678) on this day in history.   

1773  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71 on February - 20.   

1778  Death of Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711) on this day in history.   

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

1788  On this day in history gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68   

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 February - 20.   

1806  On this day in history death of lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (b. 1725)   

1809  On this day in history johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76   

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 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  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 this day in history.   

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 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 February - 20.   

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

1745  On February - 20 birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer