Historical Events In February - 20
Saturday, 25 March 2023
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 February - 20 austria declares itself bankrupt
1816 On February - 20 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 On February - 20 josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer
1817 Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27 on February - 20.
1820 On this day in history mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1823 On February - 20 english Captain James Weddell reaches 74ș 15' S, 1520 km from South Pole
1823 On February - 20 english Capt James Weddell reaches 74°15' S, 1520 km from S pole
1827 On February - 20 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 February - 20 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 this day in history.
1835 On this day in history allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist
1838 James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.
1839 On February - 20 anti-duelling law was passed by US Congress
1839 Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia on February - 20.
1844 On this day in history ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)
1845 Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57 on February - 20.
1846 British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore on this day in history.
1848 On this day in history [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29
1851 On this day in history josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81
1852 Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov) on this day in history.
1854 On February - 20 louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)
1855 Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies on February - 20.
1856 John Rutledge, Liverpool-New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die on February - 20.
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 Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms on February - 20.
1861 On this day in history nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist
1864 Civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida on February - 20.
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