Historical Events In February - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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 February - 20.
1811 On this day in history austria declares bankruptcy
1811 Austria declares itself bankrupt on February - 20.
1816 On February - 20 rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome
1816 On this day in history rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome
1816 Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer on February - 20.
1817 Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.
1820 On this day in history mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1823 On February - 20 english Captain James Weddell reaches 74º 15' S, 1520 km from South Pole
1823 English Capt James Weddell reaches 74°15' S, 1520 km from S pole on February - 20.
1827 Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912 on February - 20.
1831 On this day in history polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow
1832 Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.
1835 Concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake on February - 20.
1835 Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die on February - 20.
1835 Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist on February - 20.
1838 James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.
1839 Anti-duelling law was passed by US Congress on February - 20.
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 this day in history.
1848 On this day in history [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29
1851 On February - 20 josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81
1852 On this day in history nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)
1854 Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) on this day in history.
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 On February - 20 john Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die
1860 Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 on this day in history.
1861 Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms on February - 20.
1861 On February - 20 nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist
1864 Civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida on February - 20.
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