Page 3: Historical Events In February - 20

1811  Austria declares bankruptcy   

1811  Austria declares itself bankrupt   

1816  Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome.   

1816  Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome   

1816  Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer   

1817  Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27   

1820  Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895.   

1823  English Captain James Weddell reaches 74º 15' S, 1520 km from South Pole   

1823  English Capt James Weddell reaches 74°15' S, 1520 km from S pole   

1827  Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912.   

1831  Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow   

1832  Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean.   

1835  Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5000 die.   

1835  Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist.   

1838  James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1839  Anti-duelling law was passed by US Congress   

1839  Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia.   

1844  Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)   

1845  Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57.   

1846  British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore.   

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

1851  Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81.   

1852  Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)   

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

1855  Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies.   

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

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

1860  Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69   

1861  Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms   

1861  Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist   

1864  Civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida   

1865  M I T forms 1st US collegiate architectural school.   

1869  Tennessee Governor W C Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis   

1869  Tenn Gov W C Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis   

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1494  Johan friis: Chancellor (denmark, helped formed lutheranism)   

1507  Gentile bellini: Italian artist (sultan mohammed ii)   

1523  Jan blahoslav: Czech humanist/bishop (bohemian brothers)   

1632  Thomas osborne: Duke of leeds, english pm (1690-94)/founder (tories)   

1633  Jan de baen: Portrait painter/etcher   

1656  Johannes schenck: German/neth composer, baptised   

1734  Franz ignaz beck: Composer   

1745  Johann peter salomon: Composer   

1054  Yaroslav i: The wise, ruler (kiev),   

1154  Death of Saint wulfric of haselbury plucknett: Saint wulfric of haselbury plucknett   

1171  Conan iv: Duke of brittany (b. 1138)   

1194  Death of Tancredo of lecce: King of sicily,   

1258  Al-musta'sim: Last abbasid caliph of baghdad   

1408  Henry percy: 1st earl of northumberland, english statesman (b. 1342)   

1431  Martinus v: [oddo colonna], italian pope,   

1524  Death of Tecún umán: Last leader of the quiché-maya