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  Andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42 on this day in history.   

1811  On this day in history austria declares bankruptcy   

1811  On February - 20 austria declares itself bankrupt   

1816  Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome on this day in history.   

1816  Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome on February - 20.   

1816  Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer on February - 20.   

1817  On this day in history 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 February - 20.   

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

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

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

1835  On this day in history concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake   

1835  Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die on this day in history.   

1835  Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist on this day in history.   

1838  On February - 20 james Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

1839  Anti-duelling law was passed by US Congress on February - 20.   

1839  Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia on February - 20.   

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

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

1846  On February - 20 british occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore   

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

1851  Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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 February - 20.   

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 this day in history.   

1860  Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, dies at 69 on February - 20.   

1861  On this day in history dept of Navy of Confederacy forms   

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

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 February - 20.   

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on this day in history.   

1523  On February - 20 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  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on February - 20.   

1734  On this day in history birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

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

1054  Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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