Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on February - 20.   

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on February - 20.   

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

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

1752  On February - 20 birth of charles Broche, composer   

1753  Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815) was born on this day in history.   

1757  John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834) was born on February - 20.   

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

1770  Ferdinando Carulli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1779  Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington was born on February - 20.   

1784  Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher was born on February - 20.   

1791  On February - 20 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  Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician was born on February - 20.   

1802  Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1805  On this day in history birth of angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer   

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

1819  On this day in history birth of alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882)   

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 February - 20.   

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

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

1839  On February - 20 birth of benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908)   

1844  On this day in history birth of ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)   

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0702  Death of K'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635) on February - 20.   

1054  On this day in history yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

1154  On this day in history death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

1171  On February - 20 death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

1194  On February - 20 tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies   

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