Famous Birthdays In February - 20

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

1507  On this day in history 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 February - 20.  

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 February - 20.  

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on February - 20.  

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)  

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1752  On this day in history birth of charles Broche, composer  

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 February - 20.  

1763  On this day in history birth of adalbert Gyrowetz, composer  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 February - 20 birth of friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer  

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

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

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 this day in history birth of josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer  

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  Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912 was born on this day in history.  

1835  Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist was born on February - 20.  

1838  James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1054  On this day in history yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies  

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

1171  On February - 20 death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)  

1194  On February - 20 tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies  

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