Famous Birthdays In February - 20
Saturday, 27 April 2024
1494 Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on this day in history.
1507 On this day in history birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)
1523 On this day in history birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)
1632 Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on February - 20.
1633 Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on February - 20.
1656 Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on February - 20.
1734 On February - 20 birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer
1745 Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on this day in history.
1745 On this day in history birth of henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813)
1751 Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826) was born on February - 20.
1752 Charles Broche, composer was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history birth of ferdinando Carulli, composer
1779 On this day in history birth of augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington
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 February - 20.
1796 On February - 20 birth of eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician
1802 On February - 20 birth of charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer
1803 Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer was born on February - 20.
1805 Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer was born on February - 20.
1808 On this day in history birth of daumier, Marseilles France, artist
1809 On February - 20 birth of albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies
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 February - 20 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 On this day in history birth of allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist
1838 James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on February - 20.
1839 Benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908) was born on February - 20.
1844 On February - 20 birth of ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)