Famous Birthdays In February - 20

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.  

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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.  

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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  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on February - 20.  

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

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

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on this day in history.  

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on this day in history.  

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