Page 2: Historical Events In February - 20

1732  estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna.   

1734  franz Ignaz Beck, composer.   

1737  French minister of Finance, Chauvelin, steps down   

1737  elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies.   

1745  bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Fort August, Scotland.   

1745  bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland.   

1745  johann Peter Salomon, composer.   

1746  bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness.   

1746  Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68   

1752  charles Broche, composer.   

1763  adalbert Gyrowetz, composer.   

1768  inaugural American chartered fire insurance company receives charter (Pennsylvania)   

1768  1st American chartered fire insurance company opens (Penn).   

1770  ferdinando Carulli, composer.   

1773  charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71.   

1779  augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington.   

1784  Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher   

1786  Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70   

1788  gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68.   

1790  Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48   

1791  Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)   

1792  US postal service created, postage 6 cents   

1796  Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician   

1798  Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power   

1802  charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer.   

1803  Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer   

1805  angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer.   

1808  Daumier, Marseilles France, artist   

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

1809  Supreme Court rules federal govt power greater than any state   

1809  albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies.   

1809  Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76   

1810  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.   

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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 February - 20.   

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

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

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

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

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

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya