Page 3: Historical Events In February - 20

1810  On February - 20 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  Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome on February - 20.   

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

1816  On February - 20 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 February - 20.   

1823  English Captain James Weddell reaches 74º 15' S, 1520 km from South Pole on February - 20.   

1823  On February - 20 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 this day in history.   

1831  On February - 20 polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow   

1832  On February - 20 charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean   

1835  On February - 20 concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake   

1835  On February - 20 concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die   

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

1839  On February - 20 congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia   

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

1845  Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1848  On this day in history [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29   

1851  On February - 20 josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81   

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

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

1855  On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

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

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

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

1861  On February - 20 dept of Navy of Confederacy forms   

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

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

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1494  On February - 20 birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on February - 20.   

1523  On this day in history birth of jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)   

1632  On this day in history 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 February - 20.   

1745  Johann Peter Salomon, composer was born on February - 20.   

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

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on this day in history.   

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on February - 20.   

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

1258  On this day in history death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

1408  On February - 20 death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

1431  On this day in history martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies   

1524  On this day in history death of tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya