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 this day in history.   

1811  Austria declares bankruptcy on this day in history.   

1811  On this day in history austria declares itself bankrupt   

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

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

1816  Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer on this day in history.   

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

1820  On February - 20 mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 February - 20.   

1835  Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist on February - 20.   

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 February - 20.   

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

1844  On February - 20 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 this day in history.   

1848  [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29 on February - 20.   

1851  Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on February - 20.   

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 February - 20.   

1855  Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on this day in history.   

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

1856  On February - 20 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  On February - 20 dept of Navy of Confederacy forms   

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

1864  Civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida on this day in history.   

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1494  On this day in history birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  On February - 20 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  Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories) was born on this day in history.   

1633  On February - 20 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  On February - 20 birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer   

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

1154  On February - 20 death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

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

1194  On February - 20 tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies   

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 this day in history.   

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.