Famous Birthdays In February - 20

1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on February - 20.  

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

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on February - 20.  

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on February - 20.  

1633  On this day in history birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher  

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

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

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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1752  Charles Broche, composer was born on February - 20.  

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

1784  On this day in history 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 February - 20.  

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 February - 20.  

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

1805  On this day in history birth of angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer  

1808  Daumier, Marseilles France, artist was born on this day in history.  

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 February - 20.  

1819  On this day in history birth of alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882)  

1820  On February - 20 birth of mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895  

1827  On this day in history birth of edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912  

1835  On February - 20 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  Benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908) was born on February - 20.  

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 this day in history.  

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on this day in history.  

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on February - 20.  

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on this day in history.  

1258  On this day in history death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad  

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

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.