Historical Events In February - 20

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

1725  On February - 20 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in NH for £100 a scalp bounty  

1731  On this day in history frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50  

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

1734  On February - 20 franz Ignaz Beck, composer  

1737  French minister of Finance, Chauvelin, resigns on February - 20.  

1737  On February - 20 elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies  

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Fort August, Scotland on February - 20.  

1745  On February - 20 bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland  

1745  On February - 20 johann Peter Salomon, composer  

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

1746  Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1752  On this day in history charles Broche, composer  

1763  Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer on this day in history.  

1768  First American chartered fire insurance company receives charter (Pennsylvania) on February - 20.  

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

1770  Ferdinando Carulli, composer on this day in history.  

1773  Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1779  Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington on February - 20.  

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

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

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

1790  Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48 on February - 20.  

1791  Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen) on February - 20.  

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 February - 20.  

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

1802  On this day in history charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer  

1803  On February - 20 friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer  

1805  On February - 20 angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer  

1808  On this day in history daumier, Marseilles France, artist  

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 this day in history.  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on this day in history.  

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

1408  On February - 20 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 February - 20.