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 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 this day in history.  

1816  On February - 20 josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer  

1817  Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27 on February - 20.  

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

1823  On February - 20 english Captain James Weddell reaches 74º 15' S, 1520 km from South Pole  

1823  On February - 20 english Capt James Weddell reaches 74°15' S, 1520 km from S pole  

1827  On February - 20 edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912  

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

1832  On February - 20 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 this day in history.  

1835  On this day in history allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist  

1838  James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.  

1839  On February - 20 anti-duelling law was passed by US Congress  

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  Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57 on February - 20.  

1846  British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore on this day in history.  

1848  On this day in history [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  Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov) on this day in history.  

1854  On February - 20 louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)  

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

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

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 February - 20.  

1861  On this day in history nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist  

1864  Civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida on February - 20.  

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

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  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 February - 20 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 February - 20.  

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  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on this day in history.  

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on February - 20.  

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  On this day in history martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies  

1524  On February - 20 death of tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya