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

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

1431  On this day in history martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies   

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  On this day in history death of nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509)   

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

1618  Death of Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554) on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history john Dowland, composer, dies   

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  On this day in history aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies   

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

1737  On February - 20 elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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 February - 20.   

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  Death of Andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42 on February - 20.   

1817  On this day in history martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27   

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 February - 20.   

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

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on February - 20.   

1734  On February - 20 birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

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