Page 3: Historical Events In February - 20
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
1810 On this day in history andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, was executed.
1810 Andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42 on this day in history.
1811 Austria declares bankruptcy on this day in history.
1811 On February - 20 austria declares itself bankrupt
1816 On February - 20 rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome
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 this day in history martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27
1820 Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake
1835 On February - 20 concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die
1835 On February - 20 allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist
1838 On February - 20 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 this day in history.
1846 British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore on this day in history.
1848 [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 on this day in history.
1851 Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
1852 Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov) on February - 20.
1854 Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) on February - 20.
1855 On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies
1856 On February - 20 john Rutledge, Liverpool-New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die
1856 On February - 20 john Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die
1860 Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 on February - 20.
1861 Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms on February - 20.
1861 Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist on February - 20.
1864 On February - 20 civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida
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