473 Historic Events for February 20
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| 1809 |
Birth |
Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies
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| 1809 |
Birth |
Henry Walton Wessells, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889
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| 1809 |
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Supreme Court rules federal govt power greater than any state
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| 1810 |
Death |
Johann Friedrich Kranz, composer, dies at 57
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| 1810 |
Death |
Andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42
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| 1811 |
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Austria declares bankruptcy
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| 1816 |
Birth |
Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer
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| 1816 |
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Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome
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| 1817 |
Death |
Martin de Ron, composer, dies at 27
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| 1820 |
Birth |
Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
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| 1823 |
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English Capt James Weddell reaches 74ø 15' S, 1520 km from S pole
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| 1827 |
Birth |
Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
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| 1831 |
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Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow
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| 1832 |
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Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean
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| 1835 |
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Concepci¢n, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die
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| 1835 |
Birth |
Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist
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| 1838 |
Birth |
James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
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| 1839 |
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Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia
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| 1844 |
Birth |
Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)
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| 1844 |
Birth |
Mih ly von Munk csy, [Michael von Lieb], Hungarian painter
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| 1845 |
Death |
Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, dies at 57
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| 1846 |
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British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore
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| 1848 |
Death |
[Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, dies at 29
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| 1851 |
Death |
Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, dies at 81
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| 1852 |
Birth |
Nikolai Garin [Michailovski], Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)
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