Historical Events In February - 20

1810  Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, was executed on February - 20.   

1810  On February - 20 andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42   

1811  On this day in history austria declares bankruptcy   

1811  Austria declares itself bankrupt on February - 20.   

1816  On February - 20 rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome   

1816  On this day in history rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome   

1816  On February - 20 josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer   

1817  On this day in history martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27   

1820  On this day in history mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1823  English Captain James Weddell reaches 74º 15' S, 1520 km from South Pole on February - 20.   

1823  English Capt James Weddell reaches 74°15' S, 1520 km from S pole on this day in history.   

1827  Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912 on this day in history.   

1831  On February - 20 polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow   

1832  Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean on February - 20.   

1835  On February - 20 concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake   

1835  On February - 20 concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die   

1835  On February - 20 allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist   

1838  On February - 20 james Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1839  On this day in history anti-duelling law was passed by US Congress   

1839  Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia on February - 20.   

1844  On this day in history ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)   

1845  Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1846  On February - 20 british occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore   

1848  On February - 20 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29   

1851  On February - 20 josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81   

1852  On February - 20 nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)   

1854  Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) on February - 20.   

1855  Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on this day in history.   

1856  John Rutledge, Liverpool-New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die on February - 20.   

1856  John Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die on this day in history.   

1860  On February - 20 henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69   

1861  On this day in history dept of Navy of Confederacy forms   

1861  On this day in history nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist   

1864  Civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida on this day in history.   

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1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on February - 20.   

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  On February - 20 birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

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

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1171  On February - 20 death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

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

1258  On this day in history death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

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.