Famous Birthdays In February - 20
Friday, 31 March 2023
1494 Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on February - 20.
1507 On February - 20 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 Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on February - 20.
1656 On February - 20 birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised
1734 On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer
1745 Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on February - 20.
1745 On February - 20 birth of henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813)
1751 Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1770 Ferdinando Carulli, composer was born on this day in history.
1779 On this day in history birth of augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington
1784 Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher was born on February - 20.
1791 On this day in history birth of carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)
1794 William Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869) was born on this day in history.
1796 On this day in history birth of eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician
1802 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer was born on February - 20.
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 On this day in history birth of albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies
1809 Henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on this day in history.
1816 On February - 20 birth of josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer
1819 Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882) was born on February - 20.
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 On February - 20 birth of allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist
1838 James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.