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

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on this day in history.   

1258  On this day in history 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 February - 20.   

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

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

1618  On this day in history death of philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554)   

1626  John Dowland, composer, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1746  On this day in history guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68   

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

1771  On this day in history 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  Death of Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711) on this day in history.   

1786  On this day in history johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70   

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

1790  On this day in history joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48   

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 this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1633  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

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 February - 20.