Famous Personalities Born In February - 20
Sunday, 16 February 2025
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 On this day in history birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)
1632 On February - 20 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 this day in history birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised
1734 Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on this day in history.
1745 Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on February - 20.
1745 Henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813) was born on this day in history.
1751 On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826)
1752 Charles Broche, composer was born on this day in history.
1753 Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815) was born on this day in history.
1757 On February - 20 birth of john 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834)
1763 On February - 20 birth of adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
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 February - 20.
1791 Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen) was born on February - 20.
1794 William Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869) was born on February - 20.
1796 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician was born on this day in history.
1802 On February - 20 birth of charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer
1803 On this day in history birth of friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer
1805 On this day in history birth of angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer
1808 On February - 20 birth of daumier, Marseilles France, artist
1809 Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on this day in history.
1809 On February - 20 birth of henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889
1816 Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer was born on February - 20.
1819 Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882) was born on February - 20.
1820 On this day in history birth of mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1827 Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912 was born on this day in history.
1835 On this day in history birth of allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist
1838 James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.
1839 On February - 20 birth of benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908)
1844 Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics) was born on February - 20.