This day in History - February 20

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