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  Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome on this day in history.   

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

1832  On February - 20 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 this day in history allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist   

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

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 this day in history.   

1845  On this day in history pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57   

1846  On February - 20 british occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore   

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

1851  Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on February - 20.   

1852  Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov) on this day in history.   

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

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

1856  John Rutledge, Liverpool-New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die on February - 20.   

1856  John Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die on February - 20.   

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

1861  On February - 20 dept of Navy of Confederacy forms   

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

1864  On February - 20 civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida   

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

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 this day in history birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

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 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 February - 20.   

1408  On February - 20 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