Page 2: Historical Events In February - 20

1731  Frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1732  Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna on this day in history.   

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer on February - 20.   

1737  French minister of Finance, Chauvelin, resigns on February - 20.   

1737  On February - 20 elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies   

1745  On February - 20 bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Fort August, Scotland   

1745  On February - 20 bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland   

1745  On this day in history johann Peter Salomon, composer   

1746  Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness on February - 20.   

1746  Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1752  Charles Broche, composer on February - 20.   

1763  Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer on February - 20.   

1768  On February - 20 first American chartered fire insurance company receives charter (Pennsylvania)   

1768  On February - 20 1st American chartered fire insurance company opens (Penn)   

1770  On February - 20 ferdinando Carulli, composer   

1773  On February - 20 charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71   

1779  Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington on February - 20.   

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

1786  On this day in history johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70   

1788  On this day in history gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68   

1790  Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48 on February - 20.   

1791  On this day in history carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)   

1792  On February - 20 uS postal service created; postage 6¢-12½¢, depending on distance   

1792  On February - 20 uS postal service created, postage 6 cents   

1796  On this day in history eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician   

1798  Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power on this day in history.   

1802  Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer on February - 20.   

1803  On February - 20 friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer   

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

1808  On this day in history daumier, Marseilles France, artist   

1809  The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the federal government's power is greater than any individual state on February - 20.   

1809  Supreme Court rules federal govt power greater than any state on this day in history.   

1809  Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies on February - 20.   

1809  Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76 on February - 20.   

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1494  Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism) was born on this day in history.   

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

1523  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

1656  On this day in history birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

1734  On February - 20 birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

1745  On February - 20 birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer   

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on this day in history.   

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

1171  On February - 20 death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on February - 20.   

1258  On this day in history death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

1408  On February - 20 death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on February - 20.   

1524  On February - 20 death of tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya