Page 3: Historical Events In February - 20

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

1810  Andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42 on February - 20.   

1811  Austria declares bankruptcy on this day in history.   

1811  Austria declares itself bankrupt on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1816  On this day in history josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer   

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 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 this day in history.   

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  Concepción, Chile destroyed by earthquake on February - 20.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1844  On February - 20 ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)   

1845  On February - 20 pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57   

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

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

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

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

1854  On February - 20 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 February - 20.   

1856  On February - 20 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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1494  On this day in history 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 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  On February - 20 birth of franz Ignaz Beck, composer   

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

1054  On this day in history yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev), dies   

1154  On February - 20 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  On February - 20 death of henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)   

1431  Martinus V, [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1524  On this day in history death of tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya