Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

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  On February - 20 birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)   

1632  On February - 20 birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

1633  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on February - 20.   

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on February - 20.   

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on this day in history.   

1745  On February - 20 birth of henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813)   

1751  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826)   

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 this day in history.   

1763  Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer was born on February - 20.   

1770  Ferdinando Carulli, composer was born on February - 20.   

1779  Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington was born on this day in history.   

1784  On this day in history birth of adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher   

1791  On this day in history 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 February - 20 birth of eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician   

1802  On February - 20 birth of charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer   

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  On this day in history birth of daumier, Marseilles France, artist   

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  On February - 20 birth of alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882)   

1820  Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on this day in history.   

1827  Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912 was born on February - 20.   

1835  Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist was born on this day in history.   

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.   

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0702  Death of K'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635) on February - 20.   

1054  On February - 20 yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

1154  On February - 20 death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

1171  On this day in history death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

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

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

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