Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

1494  On this day in history birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on this day in history.   

1523  On February - 20 birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)   

1632  On this day in history birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

1633  On February - 20 birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

1656  On this day in history birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

1734  On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on this day in history.   

1745  On February - 20 birth of henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813)   

1751  Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826) was born on February - 20.   

1752  On February - 20 birth of charles Broche, composer   

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

1757  John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834) was born on this day in history.   

1763  Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1770  On February - 20 birth of ferdinando Carulli, composer   

1779  On this day in history birth of augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington   

1784  On February - 20 birth of adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher   

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 February - 20 birth of eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician   

1802  Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer was born on February - 20.   

1803  Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer was born on this day in history.   

1805  Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1808  On February - 20 birth of daumier, Marseilles France, artist   

1809  On February - 20 birth of albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

1809  On this day in history birth of henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

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

1819  Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882) was born on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history birth of mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

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

1835  Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist was born on this day in history.   

1838  On February - 20 birth of james Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1839  On this day in history 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.   

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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 this day in history yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

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

1171  On this day in history death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on this day in history.   

1258  On this day in history death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on February - 20.   

1431  On February - 20 martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies