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 February - 20.   

1523  On February - 20 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 this day in history.   

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

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1745  On this day in history birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer   

1745  Henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813) was born on February - 20.   

1751  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826)   

1752  On February - 20 birth of charles Broche, composer   

1753  On February - 20 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  Ferdinando Carulli, composer was born on this day in history.   

1779  Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington was born on February - 20.   

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

1791  Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen) was born on February - 20.   

1794  William Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869) was born on February - 20.   

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  Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer was born on February - 20.   

1805  Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history birth of daumier, Marseilles France, artist   

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 February - 20.   

1816  Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer was born on February - 20.   

1819  Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882) was born on this day in history.   

1820  Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on February - 20.   

1827  Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912 was born on February - 20.   

1835  On this day in history birth of allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist   

1838  On this day in history birth of james Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

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 February - 20.   

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0702  Death of K'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635) on February - 20.   

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  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on this day in history.   

1194  On this day in history tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies   

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on February - 20.   

1408  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

1431  On February - 20 martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies