Famous Deaths Happened In February - 20

1054  On this day in history yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

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

1171  On this day in history death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on this day in history.   

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  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 February - 20 mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician, dies at 50   

1579  Death of Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509) on this day in history.   

1595  Ernst, archduke of Austria, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1618  On February - 20 death of philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554)   

1626  On February - 20 john Dowland, composer, dies   

1628  On February - 20 gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at about 63   

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 February - 20.   

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

1731  On February - 20 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 this day in history.   

1762  On February - 20 death of tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723)   

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  Death of Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711) on February - 20.   

1786  On this day in history johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70   

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 February - 20.   

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  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 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  On February - 20 birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

1633  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1745  On this day in history birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer