Famous Birthdays In February - 20

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.  

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0702  On February - 20 death of k'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635)  

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on this day in history.  

1154  On February - 20 death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett  

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on this day in history.  

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on February - 20.  

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

1408  On February - 20 death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)  

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