Famous Birthdays In February - 20

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

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on this day in history.  

1523  On February - 20 birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)  

1632  On this day in history birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)  

1633  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on February - 20.  

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.  

1734  On February - 20 birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer  

1745  On February - 20 birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer  

1745  On this day in history birth of henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813)  

1751  Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826) was born on February - 20.  

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1752  Charles Broche, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 February - 20.  

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

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

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

1784  On February - 20 birth of adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher  

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

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

1803  On this day in history birth of friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer  

1805  On February - 20 birth of angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer  

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  Henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889 was born on this day in history.  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1839  Benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908) was born on this day in history.  

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 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 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  On February - 20 death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)  

1431  On this day in history martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies