Page 3: Historical Events In February - 20

1810  On this day in history 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 February - 20.   

1811  On this day in history austria declares itself bankrupt   

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 this day in history josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer   

1817  On February - 20 martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27   

1820  On February - 20 mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1823  English Captain James Weddell reaches 74º 15' S, 1520 km from South Pole on this day in history.   

1823  English Capt James Weddell reaches 74°15' S, 1520 km from S pole on this day in history.   

1827  On February - 20 edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912   

1831  On February - 20 polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow   

1832  Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.   

1835  On February - 20 concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake   

1835  Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die on February - 20.   

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

1838  On this day in history james Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1839  On this day in history anti-duelling law was passed by US Congress   

1839  On this day in history congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia   

1844  On February - 20 ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)   

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

1846  On February - 20 british occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore   

1848  [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1851  On February - 20 josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81   

1852  Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov) on February - 20.   

1854  On this day in history louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)   

1855  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1860  Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 on February - 20.   

1861  On February - 20 dept of Navy of Confederacy forms   

1861  On this day in history nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist   

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

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1494  On February - 20 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  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on February - 20.   

1632  On February - 20 birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

1633  On this day in history birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1734  On February - 20 birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

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

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on February - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

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.   

1524  On February - 20 death of tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya