Historical Events Happened In February - 20

1725  On this day in history 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in New Hampshire for £100/scalp bounty  

1725  10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in NH for £100 a scalp bounty on this day in history.  

1731  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50 on February - 20.  

1732  On this day in history estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna  

1734  On February - 20 franz Ignaz Beck, composer  

1737  French minister of Finance, Chauvelin, resigns on this day in history.  

1737  Elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies on this day in history.  

1745  On February - 20 bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Fort August, Scotland  

1745  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland  

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer on this day in history.  

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1746  On February - 20 bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness  

1746  On February - 20 guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68  

1752  Charles Broche, composer on February - 20.  

1763  On February - 20 adalbert Gyrowetz, composer  

1768  On February - 20 first American chartered fire insurance company receives charter (Pennsylvania)  

1768  1st American chartered fire insurance company opens (Penn) on February - 20.  

1770  On February - 20 ferdinando Carulli, composer  

1773  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71 on February - 20.  

1779  On this day in history augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington  

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

1786  Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1788  On February - 20 gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68  

1790  On February - 20 joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48  

1791  Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen) on this day in history.  

1792  US postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance on this day in history.  

1792  On this day in history uS postal service created, postage 6 cents  

1796  Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician on this day in history.  

1798  On February - 20 louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power.  

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

1803  On this day in history friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer  

1805  Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer on this day in history.  

1808  On February - 20 daumier, Marseilles France, artist  

1809  The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the federal government's power is greater than any individual state on this day in history.  

1809  On February - 20 supreme Court rules federal govt power greater than any state  

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1494  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)  

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

1656  On February - 20 birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised  

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1171  On this day in history 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 February - 20.  

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.  

1524  Death of Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya on February - 20.