Famous Birthdays In February - 20
Saturday, 10 April 2021
1494 On this day in history birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)
1507 Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on February - 20.
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 February - 20.
1633 On this day in history birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher
1656 On February - 20 birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised
1734 On February - 20 birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer
1745 On February - 20 birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer
1745 Henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813) was born on this day in history.
1751 Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826) was born on February - 20.
1752 Charles Broche, composer was born on February - 20.
1753 Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815) was born on this day in history.
1757 John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834) was born on this day in history.
1763 On this day in history birth of adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
1770 Ferdinando Carulli, composer was born on this day in history.
1779 Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington was born on this day in history.
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 On February - 20 birth of william Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869)
1796 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician was born on this day in history.
1802 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer was born on this day in history.
1803 Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer was born on this day in history.
1805 Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer was born on this day in history.
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 On February - 20 birth of henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889
1816 On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
1835 On this day in history birth of allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist
1838 On February - 20 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.