Page 3: Historical Events In February - 20

1810  On February - 20 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 February - 20 austria declares bankruptcy   

1811  Austria declares itself bankrupt on this day in history.   

1816  Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome on February - 20.   

1816  Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome on this day in history.   

1816  Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27   

1820  Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 on this day in history.   

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

1823  On this day in history english Capt James Weddell reaches 74°15' S, 1520 km from S pole   

1827  Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912 on February - 20.   

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  Concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake on February - 20.   

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

1835  On this day in history allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist   

1838  James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

1839  On February - 20 anti-duelling law was passed by US Congress   

1839  Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia on February - 20.   

1844  Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics) on this day in history.   

1845  Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1846  British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore on February - 20.   

1848  On February - 20 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29   

1851  Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)   

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  On February - 20 john Rutledge, Liverpool-New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die   

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  Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms on February - 20.   

1861  Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist on February - 20.   

1864  On this day in history civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida   

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1494  On February - 20 birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  On February - 20 birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)   

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on this day in history.   

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on this day in history.   

1633  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on February - 20.   

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

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

1054  On February - 20 yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

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

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  On February - 20 death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on this day in history.   

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

1524  Death of Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya on this day in history.