Famous Birthdays In February - 20
Friday, 26 July 2024
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 this day in history.
1523 Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on February - 20.
1632 On this day in history birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)
1633 On February - 20 birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher
1656 Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on February - 20.
1734 On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer
1745 On this day in history birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer
1745 Henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813) was born on February - 20.
1751 Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826) was born on February - 20.
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 February - 20.
1763 On this day in history birth of adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
1770 On February - 20 birth of ferdinando Carulli, composer
1779 On February - 20 birth of augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington
1784 Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher was born on this day in history.
1791 On February - 20 birth of carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)
1794 On this day in history birth of william Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869)
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 February - 20.
1805 On February - 20 birth of angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer
1808 On this day in history birth of daumier, Marseilles France, artist
1809 Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on February - 20.
1809 On this day in history 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 On February - 20 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 this day in history.
1838 On February - 20 birth of james Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
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.