Page 3: Historical Events In February - 20

1810  Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, was executed on February - 20.   

1810  Andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42 on this day in history.   

1811  On February - 20 austria declares bankruptcy   

1811  On this day in history austria declares itself bankrupt   

1816  On February - 20 rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome   

1816  On February - 20 rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome   

1816  On February - 20 josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer   

1817  Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27 on February - 20.   

1820  On February - 20 mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1823  English Captain James Weddell reaches 74º 15' S, 1520 km from South Pole on this day in history.   

1823  On this day in history english Capt James Weddell reaches 74°15' S, 1520 km from S pole   

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

1831  On this day in history polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow   

1832  Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.   

1835  Concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake on this day in history.   

1835  On February - 20 concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die   

1835  On this day in history allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist   

1838  James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on February - 20.   

1839  Anti-duelling law was passed by US Congress on this day in history.   

1839  Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia on February - 20.   

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

1845  Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57 on February - 20.   

1846  On this day in history british occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore   

1848  [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 on February - 20.   

1851  On February - 20 josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81   

1852  On this day in history nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)   

1854  Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) on this day in history.   

1855  Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on February - 20.   

1856  John Rutledge, Liverpool-New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die on this day in history.   

1856  John Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die on this day in history.   

1860  On February - 20 henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69   

1861  On this day in history dept of Navy of Confederacy forms   

1861  On February - 20 nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist   

1864  On this day in history civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida   

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

1507  On this day in history birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)   

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

1632  On February - 20 birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

1633  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

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

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on February - 20.   

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on February - 20.   

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  On this day in history tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies   

1258  On February - 20 death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on February - 20.   

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

1524  On this day in history death of tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya