Famous Birthdays In February - 20
Tuesday, 03 October 2023
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)