Famous Birthdays 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  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.  

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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  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on February - 20.  

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 this day in history tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies  

1258  On February - 20 death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad  

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on February - 20.  

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