Page 3: Historical Events In February - 20

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

1810  On February - 20 andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42   

1811  Austria declares bankruptcy on this day in history.   

1811  Austria declares itself bankrupt on this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history 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  On February - 20 martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27   

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

1823  English Captain James Weddell reaches 74º 15' S, 1520 km from South Pole on February - 20.   

1823  On February - 20 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  On this day in history charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean   

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

1835  Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die on this day in history.   

1835  Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist on this day in history.   

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

1839  On February - 20 anti-duelling law was passed by US Congress   

1839  On this day in history congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia   

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

1845  On February - 20 pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57   

1846  British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore on February - 20.   

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

1851  Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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  Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history john Rutledge, Liverpool-New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die   

1856  On this day in history john Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die   

1860  Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 on February - 20.   

1861  Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms on this day in history.   

1861  Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist on this day in history.   

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 February - 20.   

1523  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1656  On this day in history birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

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

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

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

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on February - 20.   

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  On this day in history 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  On February - 20 martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies   

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