Historical Events In February - 20

1810  Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, was executed on this day in history.   

1810  On February - 20 andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42   

1811  On February - 20 austria declares bankruptcy   

1811  On this day in history austria declares itself bankrupt   

1816  On February - 20 rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome   

1816  On this day in history rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome   

1816  Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer on February - 20.   

1817  Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

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

1823  On February - 20 english Captain James Weddell reaches 74º 15' S, 1520 km from South Pole   

1823  On February - 20 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 this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow   

1832  On February - 20 charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean   

1835  Concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake on February - 20.   

1835  Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die on this day in history.   

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

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

1839  Anti-duelling law was passed by US Congress on February - 20.   

1839  Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia on this day in history.   

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

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

1846  On February - 20 british occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore   

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

1851  Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on February - 20.   

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  Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on February - 20.   

1856  On February - 20 john Rutledge, Liverpool-New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die   

1856  On February - 20 john Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die   

1860  Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1861  Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms on this day in history.   

1861  Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1745  On February - 20 birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer   

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

1154  On February - 20 death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

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

1194  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on February - 20.   

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