Page 3: Historical Events In February - 20

1810  On this day in history andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, was executed.   

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

1811  On this day in history austria declares bankruptcy   

1811  Austria declares itself bankrupt on this day in history.   

1816  Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome on February - 20.   

1816  On this day in history rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome   

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

1817  On February - 20 martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27   

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  English Capt James Weddell reaches 74°15' S, 1520 km from S pole on February - 20.   

1827  On this day in history edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912   

1831  Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean   

1835  On this day in history concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake   

1835  Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die on February - 20.   

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

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

1839  On this day in history anti-duelling law was passed by US Congress   

1839  On February - 20 congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia   

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

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

1846  On February - 20 british occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore   

1848  On this day in history [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29   

1851  On this day in history josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81   

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

1854  On February - 20 louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)   

1855  On February - 20 joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

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 this day in history nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist   

1864  Civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida on February - 20.   

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1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on February - 20.   

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

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 February - 20.   

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

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

1734  On February - 20 birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

1745  On this day in history birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer   

1054  On February - 20 yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

1154  On February - 20 death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on this day in history.   

1194  On February - 20 tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies   

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

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

1431  On this day in history martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies   

1524  On February - 20 death of tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya