Famous Deaths Happened In February - 20

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

1154  On this day in history death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on this day in history.   

1194  On February - 20 tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies   

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on this day in history.   

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

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  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  On February - 20 john Dowland, composer, dies   

1628  On this day in history gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at about 63   

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  On this day in history 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  On February - 20 death of jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (b. 1678)   

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

1778  On this day in history 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  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  Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76 on February - 20.   

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  On this day in history pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57   

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 February - 20.   

1507  On February - 20 birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)   

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on this day in history.   

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

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on February - 20.