Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

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  On February - 20 birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)   

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on this day in history.   

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

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1734  On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on this day in history.   

1745  Henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813) was born on this day in history.   

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

1752  Charles Broche, composer was born on this day in history.   

1753  On this day in history 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  On February - 20 birth of adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher   

1791  Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen) was born on this day in history.   

1794  On February - 20 birth of william Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869)   

1796  Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician was born on February - 20.   

1802  On February - 20 birth of charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer   

1803  On February - 20 birth of friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer   

1805  On this day in history birth of angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer   

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

1809  Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on this day in history.   

1809  Henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on February - 20.   

1816  On this day in history birth of josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer   

1819  Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882) was born on February - 20.   

1820  On February - 20 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 this day in history birth of allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist   

1838  James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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0702  Death of K'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635) on this day in history.   

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on this day in history.   

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 February - 20 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 February - 20 death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on February - 20.