Historical Events For February - 20

1725  10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in New Hampshire for £100/scalp bounty on February - 20.  

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

1731  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1732  On February - 20 estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna  

1734  On February - 20 franz Ignaz Beck, composer  

1737  On this day in history french minister of Finance, Chauvelin, resigns  

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 February - 20 bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland  

1745  On February - 20 johann Peter Salomon, composer  

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1746  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness  

1746  Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68 on February - 20.  

1752  On this day in history charles Broche, composer  

1763  On February - 20 adalbert Gyrowetz, composer  

1768  First American chartered fire insurance company receives charter (Pennsylvania) on this day in history.  

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

1770  On February - 20 ferdinando Carulli, composer  

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

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

1784  On February - 20 adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher  

1786  On this day in history johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70  

1788  Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1790  On this day in history 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  On this day in history angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer  

1808  Daumier, Marseilles France, artist on this day in history.  

1809  The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the federal government's power is greater than any individual state on February - 20.  

1809  Supreme Court rules federal govt power greater than any state on February - 20.  

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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  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 February - 20.  

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

1656  On this day in history birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised  

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on February - 20.  

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

1054  On this day in history yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies  

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

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on February - 20.  

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on February - 20.  

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on February - 20.  

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on February - 20.  

1431  On this day in history martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies  

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