Famous Birthdays In February - 20

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  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on this day in history.  

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on February - 20.  

1633  On February - 20 birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher  

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on February - 20.  

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

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on this day in history.  

1745  On February - 20 birth of henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813)  

1751  On February - 20 birth of johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826)  

1752  On February - 20 birth of charles Broche, composer  

1753  On this day in history birth of louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815)  

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

1763  Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer was born on February - 20.  

1770  On February - 20 birth of ferdinando Carulli, composer  

1779  On this day in history birth of augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington  

1784  Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher was born on this day in history.  

1791  Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen) was born on this day in history.  

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

1796  On February - 20 birth of eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician  

1802  On February - 20 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  On February - 20 birth of daumier, Marseilles France, artist  

1809  On February - 20 birth of albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies  

1809  On February - 20 birth of henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889  

1816  Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1838  James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on February - 20.  

1839  Benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908) was born on February - 20.  

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

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0702  Death of K'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1194  On February - 20 tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies  

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on this day in history.  

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