Famous Deaths In February - 20

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

1431  On February - 20 martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies   

1524  On February - 20 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 February - 20.   

1595  On this day in history ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41   

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  On February - 20 james Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76   

1667  On February - 20 david ben Samuel Halevi, rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch), dies   

1707  Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies on February - 20.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1771  Death of Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (b. 1678) on February - 20.   

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

1778  On February - 20 death of laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711)   

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

1788  Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68 on February - 20.   

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

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

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  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  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1633  On February - 20 birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

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

1734  On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

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