Page 2: Historical Events In February - 20

1731  On this day in history frederich Karl Erbach, composer, dies at 50   

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

1734  On this day in history franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

1737  On this day in history french minister of Finance, Chauvelin, resigns   

1737  Elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies on this day in history.   

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

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland on February - 20.   

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

1746  Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness on this day in history.   

1746  On February - 20 guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68   

1752  Charles Broche, composer on this day in history.   

1763  Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer on February - 20.   

1768  First American chartered fire insurance company receives charter (Pennsylvania) on this day in history.   

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

1770  On February - 20 ferdinando Carulli, composer   

1773  On this day in history charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71   

1779  On this day in history augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington   

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

1786  Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1788  Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1790  Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1791  Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen) on February - 20.   

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

1792  On this day in history uS postal service created, postage 6 cents   

1796  On February - 20 eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician   

1798  On this day in history louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power.   

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

1803  On February - 20 friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer   

1805  Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer on this day in history.   

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

1809  The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the federal government's power is greater than any individual state on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history supreme Court rules federal govt power greater than any state   

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

1809  On February - 20 johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76   

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

1632  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on February - 20.   

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 this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

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

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on February - 20.   

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on this day in history.   

1171  On February - 20 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 this day in history.   

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

1524  On this day in history death of tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya