Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on this day in history.   

1507  On February - 20 birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)   

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on February - 20.   

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on February - 20.   

1633  On this day in history birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on February - 20.   

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1745  On February - 20 birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer   

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

1751  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826)   

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

1753  Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815) was born on this day in history.   

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

1763  On this day in history birth of adalbert Gyrowetz, composer   

1770  Ferdinando Carulli, composer was born on February - 20.   

1779  Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington was born on February - 20.   

1784  Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher was born on this day in history.   

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

1794  William Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.   

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

1802  On this day in history birth of charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer   

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

1805  Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer was born on this day in history.   

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

1809  On February - 20 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  On this day in history birth of josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer   

1819  On February - 20 birth of alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882)   

1820  Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on this day in history.   

1827  On February - 20 birth of edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912   

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 this day in history birth of benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908)   

1844  On this day in history birth of ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)   

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0702  On February - 20 death of k'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635)   

1054  On February - 20 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  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 this day in history.