Page 3: Historical Events In February - 20

1810  On this day in history andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, was executed.   

1810  On this day in history andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42   

1811  On February - 20 austria declares bankruptcy   

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  Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome on this day in history.   

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

1817  On February - 20 martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27   

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

1823  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

1831  Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow on February - 20.   

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

1835  Concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1839  On this day in history congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia   

1844  Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics) on February - 20.   

1845  On this day in history pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57   

1846  On February - 20 british occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore   

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

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

1852  Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov) on February - 20.   

1854  On this day in history louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)   

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

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

1523  On February - 20 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 February - 20 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 February - 20.   

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

1154  Death of Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett on February - 20.   

1171  Death of Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138) on this day in history.   

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on this day in history.   

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on this day in history.   

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on this day in history.   

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

1524  Death of Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya on February - 20.