Page 3: Historical Events In February - 20

1810  Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, was executed on February - 20.   

1810  Andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42 on February - 20.   

1811  Austria declares bankruptcy on February - 20.   

1811  On this day in history austria declares itself bankrupt   

1816  On this day in history rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome   

1816  On February - 20 rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome   

1816  On this day in history josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer   

1817  Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

1820  Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 on this day in history.   

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

1823  On this day in history english Capt James Weddell reaches 74°15' S, 1520 km from S pole   

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

1831  Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow on this day in history.   

1832  Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean on this day in history.   

1835  Concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake on February - 20.   

1835  Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die on this day in history.   

1835  Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist on this day in history.   

1838  James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on February - 20.   

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

1839  Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia on February - 20.   

1844  On this day in history ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)   

1845  On this day in history 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  On this day in history josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81   

1852  On February - 20 nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)   

1854  Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) on February - 20.   

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

1856  John Rutledge, Liverpool-New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history john Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die   

1860  On February - 20 henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69   

1861  Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms on this day in history.   

1861  Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist on February - 20.   

1864  On this day in history civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida   

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

1507  On this day in history 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  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on February - 20.   

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1054  On February - 20 yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

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  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on this day in history.   

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 February - 20.   

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

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