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

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

1258  On February - 20 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  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on February - 20.   

1524  Death of Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya on February - 20.   

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  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 February - 20.   

1628  Gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at about 63 on February - 20.   

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

1731  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50 on February - 20.   

1737  On this day in history elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies   

1746  On February - 20 guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68   

1762  On this day in history death of tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723)   

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

1773  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history death of laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711)   

1786  Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1790  On February - 20 joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48   

1803  On February - 20 death of marie Dumesnil, French actress (b. 1713)   

1806  On February - 20 death of lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (b. 1725)   

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 this day in history.   

1817  On February - 20 martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27   

1845  On February - 20 pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57   

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

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1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on this day in history.   

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

1523  On February - 20 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  On this day in history birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

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.