Famous Birthdays In February - 20
Friday, 12 August 2022
1494 On February - 20 birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)
1507 On this day in history birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)
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 this day in history.
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 Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on this day in history.
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 Charles Broche, composer was born on February - 20.
1753 Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815) was born on this day in history.
1757 On February - 20 birth of john 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834)
1763 Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer was born on February - 20.
1770 Ferdinando Carulli, composer was born on February - 20.
1779 On this day in history birth of augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington
1784 Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher was born on February - 20.
1791 Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen) was born on this day in history.
1794 On this day in history 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 On February - 20 birth of charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer
1803 Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer was born on February - 20.
1805 On February - 20 birth of angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer
1808 On February - 20 birth of daumier, Marseilles France, artist
1809 Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies was born on this day in history.
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 Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882) was born on February - 20.
1820 On this day in history 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 Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist was born on February - 20.
1838 James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born on February - 20.
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.