Historical Events In February - 20
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1810 On this day in history 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 on February - 20.
1811 On this day in history austria declares bankruptcy
1811 Austria declares itself bankrupt on February - 20.
1816 Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome on this day in history.
1816 Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome on this day in history.
1816 On this day in history josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer
1817 On February - 20 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 February - 20.
1827 On this day in history edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
1831 Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow on February - 20.
1832 Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.
1835 Concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake on this day in history.
1835 Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die on February - 20.
1835 Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist on this day in history.
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 On this day in history congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia
1844 Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics) on this day in history.
1845 Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57 on February - 20.
1846 British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore on this day in history.
1848 On this day in history [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29
1851 Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1852 Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov) on February - 20.
1854 Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) on this day in history.
1855 On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies
1856 John Rutledge, Liverpool-New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die on this day in history.
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 Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms on February - 20.
1861 Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist on February - 20.
1864 On this day in history civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida
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