Famous Birthdays In February - 20

1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on this day in history.  

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  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on this day in history.  

1633  On this day in history birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher  

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.  

1745  Henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813) was born on this day in history.  

1751  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826)  

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1752  Charles Broche, composer was born on February - 20.  

1753  Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815) was born on February - 20.  

1757  John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834) was born on this day in history.  

1763  Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer was born on this day in history.  

1770  Ferdinando Carulli, composer was born on February - 20.  

1779  On February - 20 birth of augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington  

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

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

1794  On February - 20 birth of william Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869)  

1796  Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician was born on this day in history.  

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

1803  Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer was born on this day in history.  

1805  Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer was born on February - 20.  

1808  Daumier, Marseilles France, artist was born on February - 20.  

1809  Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on this day in history.  

1809  On this day in history birth of henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889  

1816  On this day in history birth of josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer  

1819  On this day in history birth of alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882)  

1820  Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on this day in history.  

1827  On February - 20 birth of edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912  

1835  Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist was born on this day in history.  

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

1839  On February - 20 birth of benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908)  

1844  Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics) was born on February - 20.  

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0702  On February - 20 death of k'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635)  

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on February - 20.  

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on this day in history.  

1171  On this day in history death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)  

1194  On this day in history tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies  

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 February - 20 martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies