Page 3: Historical Events In February - 20
Sunday, 06 July 2025
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 On this day in history austria declares itself bankrupt
1816 Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome on this day in history.
1816 Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome on February - 20.
1816 Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer on February - 20.
1817 On February - 20 martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27
1820 Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 on February - 20.
1823 English Captain James Weddell reaches 74º 15' S, 1520 km from South Pole on February - 20.
1823 English Capt James Weddell reaches 74°15' S, 1520 km from S pole on this day in history.
1827 On February - 20 edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
1831 On February - 20 polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow
1832 Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean on February - 20.
1835 Concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake on February - 20.
1835 On February - 20 concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die
1835 Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1839 Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia on February - 20.
1844 Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics) on February - 20.
1845 Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57 on February - 20.
1846 On this day in history british occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore
1848 On this day in history [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29
1851 Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1852 Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov) on this day in history.
1854 Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) on this day in history.
1855 On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies
1856 On this day in history john Rutledge, Liverpool-New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die
1856 On this day in history john Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die
1860 On this day in history henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69
1861 Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms on this day in history.
1861 On February - 20 nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist
1864 Civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida on February - 20.
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