Famous Birthdays In February - 20

1494  On this day in history birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on this day in history.   

1523  On this day in history birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)   

1632  On this day in history birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

1633  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on February - 20.   

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   

1745  Henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813) was born on February - 20.   

1751  On February - 20 birth of johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826)   

1752  Charles Broche, composer was born on February - 20.   

1753  On February - 20 birth of louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815)   

1757  On this day in history birth of john 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834)   

1763  Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer was born on February - 20.   

1770  On February - 20 birth of ferdinando Carulli, composer   

1779  On this day in history birth of augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington   

1784  Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher was born on February - 20.   

1791  On February - 20 birth of carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)   

1794  On this day in history birth of william Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869)   

1796  On February - 20 birth of eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician   

1802  Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer was born on February - 20.   

1803  Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer was born on this day in history.   

1805  On February - 20 birth of angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer   

1808  Daumier, Marseilles France, artist was born on February - 20.   

1809  On this day in history birth of albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

1809  Henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on this day in history.   

1816  Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer was born on February - 20.   

1819  On this day in history birth of alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882)   

1820  On this day in history birth of mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1827  Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912 was born on this day in history.   

1835  On February - 20 birth of allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist   

1838  On this day in history birth of james Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1839  On February - 20 birth of benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908)   

1844  Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics) was born on February - 20.   

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0702  On this day in history death of k'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635)   

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

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 February - 20.   

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

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.