473 Historic Events for February 20
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| 1734 |
Birth |
Franz Ignaz Beck, composer
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| 1737 |
Death |
Elizabeth Rowe, poet, dies
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| 1737 |
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French minister of Finance, Chauvelin, resigns
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| 1745 |
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Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland
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| 1745 |
Birth |
Johann Peter Salomon, composer
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| 1746 |
Death |
Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at 68
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| 1746 |
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Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness
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| 1751 |
Birth |
J H Voá, writer
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| 1752 |
Birth |
Charles Broche, composer
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| 1763 |
Birth |
Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
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| 1768 |
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1st American chartered fire insurance company opens (Penn)
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| 1770 |
Birth |
Ferdinando Carulli, composer
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| 1773 |
Death |
Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), dies at 71
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| 1784 |
Birth |
Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher
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| 1786 |
Death |
Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, dies at 70
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| 1788 |
Death |
Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), dies at 68
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| 1790 |
Death |
Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, dies at 48
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| 1791 |
Birth |
Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)
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| 1792 |
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US postal service created; postage 6›-12«›, depending on distance
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| 1796 |
Birth |
Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician
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| 1802 |
Birth |
Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer
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| 1803 |
Birth |
Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer
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| 1805 |
Birth |
Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer
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| 1808 |
Birth |
Daumier, Marseilles France, artist
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| 1809 |
Death |
Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, dies at 76
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