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 this day in history 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 February - 20 rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome   

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

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

1817  Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

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  English Capt James Weddell reaches 74°15' S, 1520 km from S pole on this day in history.   

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

1831  On February - 20 polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow   

1832  Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean on February - 20.   

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

1835  On this day in history concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die   

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 February - 20 congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia   

1844  Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics) on this day in history.   

1845  Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1846  British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore on this day in history.   

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 February - 20 nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)   

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

1855  On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

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

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

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 February - 20.   

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

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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  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 February - 20.   

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

1656  On February - 20 birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

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

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

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on February - 20.   

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

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

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

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

1524  Death of Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya on February - 20.