Famous Personalities Born In February - 20

1494  On this day in history birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  On February - 20 birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)   

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on this day in history.   

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on this day in history.   

1633  On February - 20 birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

1656  On February - 20 birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

1734  On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on February - 20.   

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

1751  Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826) was born on this day in history.   

1752  Charles Broche, composer was born on this day in history.   

1753  Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815) was born on this day in history.   

1757  On this day in history birth of john 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834)   

1763  Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1770  On this day in history 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  Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen) was born on February - 20.   

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 February - 20.   

1802  On this day in history birth of charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer   

1803  On this day in history birth of friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer   

1805  On this day in history birth of angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer   

1808  Daumier, Marseilles France, artist was born on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history birth of albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies   

1809  On this day in history birth of henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889   

1816  Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1838  On February - 20 birth of james Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

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  On this day in history death of k'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635)   

1054  On this day in history yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

1154  On this day in history death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on this day in history.   

1194  On this day in history tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies   

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 this day in history martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies