Historical Events In February - 20

1810  On this day in history andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, was executed.   

1810  On February - 20 andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42   

1811  On February - 20 austria declares bankruptcy   

1811  Austria declares itself bankrupt on this day in history.   

1816  Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome on February - 20.   

1816  Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome on February - 20.   

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

1817  On this day in history martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27   

1820  On this day in history mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1823  English Captain James Weddell reaches 74º 15' S, 1520 km from South Pole on this day in history.   

1823  English Capt James Weddell reaches 74°15' S, 1520 km from S pole on February - 20.   

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

1831  On this day in history polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow   

1832  On this day in history charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean   

1835  Concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake on this day in history.   

1835  Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die on February - 20.   

1835  On February - 20 allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist   

1838  On this day in history james Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1839  Anti-duelling law was passed by US Congress on February - 20.   

1839  On this day in history congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia   

1844  Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics) on this day in history.   

1845  On February - 20 pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57   

1846  British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore on February - 20.   

1848  On February - 20 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29   

1851  Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on February - 20.   

1852  Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov) on February - 20.   

1854  On this day in history louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)   

1855  Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on February - 20.   

1856  On February - 20 john Rutledge, Liverpool-New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die   

1856  John Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die on February - 20.   

1860  Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 on February - 20.   

1861  On February - 20 dept of Navy of Confederacy forms   

1861  Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist on this day in history.   

1864  Civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida on this day in history.   

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

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on this day in history.   

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

1632  On this day in history birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

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  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on February - 20.   

1745  On this day in history birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer   

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

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on February - 20.   

1171  On February - 20 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 February - 20.   

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   

1524  Death of Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya on this day in history.