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Born on February 21
- 1397 » Isabella of Portugal († 1471)
- 1462 » Joanna la Beltraneja, princess of Castile († 1530)
- 1484 » Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg († 1535)
- 1498 » Ralph Neville, 4th Earl of Westmorland, English Earl († 1549)
- 1541 » Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg († 1599)
- 1556 » Sethus Calvisius, German astronomer, composer, and theorist († 1615)
- 1559 » Nurhaci, Manchu emperor († 1626)
- 1609 » Raimondo Montecuccoli, Italian military commander († 1680)
- 1621 » Rebecca Nurse, Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch († 1692)
- 1705 » Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral and politician († 1781)
Died on February 21
- 1267 » Baldwin of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus
- 1437 » James I of Scotland (b. 1394; assassinated)
- 1471 » Jan Rokycana, Czech bishop and theologian (b. 1396)
- 1513 » Pope Julius II (b. 1443)
- 1543 » Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Somalian general (b. 1507)
- 1554 » Hieronymus Bock, German botanist and physician (b. 1498)
- 1572 » Cho Shik, Korean poet and scholar († 1501)
- 1590 » Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, English nobleman and general (b. 1528)
- 1595 » Robert Southwell, English priest and poet (b. 1561)
- 1677 » Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632)
Names that were popular for boys in 1472
Names that were popular for girls in 1472
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1472
- Graaf Karel I de Stoute (Bourgondisch Huis) was from 1467 till 1477 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- February 20 » Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark.