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  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 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  Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 on this day in history.   

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  Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912 on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow   

1832  On this day in history charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean   

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

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

1835  On February - 20 allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist   

1838  On February - 20 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  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  British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1854  Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) on February - 20.   

1855  On this day in history joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

1856  On February - 20 john Rutledge, Liverpool-New York steamer, hits iceberg; many die   

1856  On February - 20 john Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die   

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

1861  Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms on February - 20.   

1861  Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist on February - 20.   

1864  On February - 20 civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida   

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1494  On February - 20 birth of johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)   

1507  Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II) was born on February - 20.   

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on February - 20.   

1632  On February - 20 birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

1633  Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher was born on February - 20.   

1656  On this day in history birth of johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised   

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

1745  On this day in history birth of johann Peter Salomon, composer   

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

1154  On this day in history death of saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett   

1171  On February - 20 death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

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

1258  Death of Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad on February - 20.   

1408  Death of Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342) on February - 20.   

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 this day in history.