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Died on Tuesday February 20, 1472
- Lady Margaret Isabel Countess of Westmoreland Booth (22), Brancepeth, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
Born on February 20
- 1358 » Eleanor of Aragon, queen of John I of Castile († 1382)
- 1469 » Thomas Cajetan, Italian philosopher († 1534)
- 1523 » Jan Blahoslav, Czech writer († 1571)
- 1549 » Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, last Duke of Urbino († 1631)
- 1552 » Sengoku Hidehisa, Daimyō († 1614)
- 1608 » Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham († 1649)
- 1631 » Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English politician, Treasurer of the Navy († 1712)
- 1633 » Jan de Baen, Dutch painter († 1702)
- 1705 » Nicolas Chédeville, French musette player and composer († 1782)
- 1726 » William Prescott, American colonel († 1795)
Died on February 20
- 1194 » Tancred, King of Sicily (b. 1138)
- 1258 » Al-Musta'sim, Iraqi caliph (b. 1213)
- 1408 » Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (b. 1342)
- 1431 » Pope Martin V (b. 1368)
- 1458 » Lazar Branković, Despot of Serbia
- 1513 » King John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (b. 1455)
- 1524 » Tecun Uman, Mayan ruler (b. 1500)
- 1579 » Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509)
- 1618 » Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554)
- 1626 » John Dowland, English lute player and composer (b. 1563)
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.