Famous Birthdays In February - 20
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1494 On February - 20 birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)
1507 Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on February - 20.
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 On February - 20 birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher
1656 Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.
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 February - 20.
1751 Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826) was born on February - 20.
1752 Charles Broche, composer was born on this day in history.
1753 On February - 20 birth of louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815)
1757 On February - 20 birth of john 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834)
1763 On February - 20 birth of adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
1770 On this day in history birth of ferdinando Carulli, composer
1779 Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington was born on this day in history.
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 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer was born on this day in history.
1803 Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer was born on February - 20.
1805 Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer was born on this day in history.
1808 Daumier, Marseilles France, artist was born on February - 20.
1809 Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on February - 20.
1809 Henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on this day in history.
1816 On this day in history birth of josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer
1819 Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882) was born on this day in history.
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 On this day in history birth of allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist
1838 James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on February - 20.
1839 On this day in history 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.