Famous Birthdays In February - 20

1494  On February - 20 birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on February - 20.   

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history birth of henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813)   

1751  On February - 20 birth of johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826)   

1752  Charles Broche, composer was born on February - 20.   

1753  Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815) was born on February - 20.   

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

1763  Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer was born on February - 20.   

1770  On this day in history birth of ferdinando Carulli, composer   

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  On this day in history birth of carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)   

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

1796  On this day in history birth of eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician   

1802  On February - 20 birth of charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer   

1803  On February - 20 birth of friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer   

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  Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on this day in history.   

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  Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882) was born on February - 20.   

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  Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist was born on February - 20.   

1838  On this day in history birth of james Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1839  Benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908) was born on February - 20.   

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

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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  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on this day in history.   

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

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on February - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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