Famous Deaths Happened 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 this day in history.   

1194  On this day in history tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies   

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

1408  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509) on February - 20.   

1595  Ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41 on February - 20.   

1618  On February - 20 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 this day in history.   

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

1731  On this day in history frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50   

1737  On February - 20 elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies   

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 February - 20.   

1771  On February - 20 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 February - 20.   

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  On February - 20 death of lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (b. 1725)   

1809  Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76 on February - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1845  Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57 on February - 20.   

1848  On this day in history [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29   

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1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on February - 20.   

1507  On this day in history birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)   

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

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.   

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

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