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  Austria declares bankruptcy on February - 20.   

1811  Austria declares itself bankrupt on this day in history.   

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 February - 20.   

1817  Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27 on this day in history.   

1820  Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 on February - 20.   

1823  English Captain James Weddell reaches 74º 15' S, 1520 km from South Pole on February - 20.   

1823  English Capt James Weddell reaches 74°15' S, 1520 km from S pole on February - 20.   

1827  On this day in history edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912   

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

1835  Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die on February - 20.   

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 this day in history anti-duelling law was passed by US Congress   

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  Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57 on February - 20.   

1846  British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore on February - 20.   

1848  On February - 20 [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  On February - 20 nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)   

1854  Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth) on this day in history.   

1855  On February - 20 joseph Hume, social reformer, dies   

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

1856  John Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die on February - 20.   

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

1861  Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms on this day in history.   

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

1864  On this day in history civil War Battle of Olustee, Florida   

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

1507  On this day in history birth of gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)   

1523  Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers) was born on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history birth of thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)   

1633  On this day in history birth of jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher   

1656  Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised was born on this day in history.   

1734  Franz Ignaz Beck, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1054  On February - 20 yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

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

1171  On this day in history death of conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)   

1194  Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies on February - 20.   

1258  On February - 20 death of al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad   

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

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on February - 20.   

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