February 20th, 1720

Born on February 20th, 1720

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 111,000 days old!

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What happened on February 20th?

February 20th, 1988

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast voted to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

February 20th, 1970

Wat Phra Dhammakaya, one of the largest Buddhist temples in Thailand, was founded in Pathum Thani.

February 20th, 1965

The NASA spacecraft Ranger 8 spacecraft transmitted 7,137 photographs of the Moon in the final 23 minutes of its mission before crashing as planned into Mare Tranquillitatis.

February 20th, 1959

Canadian prime minister John Diefenbaker cancelled the Avro CF-105 Arrow (pictured) interceptor-aircraft program amid much political debate.

February 20th, 1943

The Saturday Evening Post published the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms, among the most widely distributed paintings ever produced, in support of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms.

February 20th, 1905

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Jacobson v. Massachusetts that states had the authority to order compulsory vaccination.

February 20th, 1872

The Metropolitan Museum of Art , today the largest art museum in the United States with a collection of more than two million works, opened in New York.

February 20th, 1864

American Civil War: The Union Army suffered a one-in-three casualty rate at the Battle of Olustee near Lake City, Florida.

February 20th, 1846

Polish insurgents in the Free City of Kraków led an uprising (depicted) attempting to incite a fight for national independence that was put down by the Austrian Empire nine days later.

February 20th, 1835

An earthquake registering approximately 8.5 Mw devastated Concepción, Chile, and triggered a tsunami that destroyed neighbouring Talcahuano.

February 20th, 1816

The Barber of Seville, an opera buffa composed by Gioachino Rossini, premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome to jeers from the audience.

February 20th, 1685

The French colonization of Texas began with the landing of colonists led by Robert de La Salle near Matagorda Bay.

February 20th, 1998

At the age of 15, American figure skater Tara Lipinski became the then-youngest winner of an Olympic gold medal in the history of the Winter Olympic Games.

February 20th, 1962

The Project Mercury stamp, designed by Charles R. Chickering, was released to commemorate the successful space flight of Colonel John Glenn.

February 20th, 2010

Severe flooding and mudslides on the island of Madeira, Portugal, killed 51 people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 20th

Same year
Born in 1720

85

Carlo Gozzi

Italian playwright (1720-1806)

*December 13th, 1720, Venice †April 4th, 1806, Venice

57

Anna Maria Mozart

Mother of Maria Anna ("Nannerl") and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

*December 25th, 1720, St. Gilgen †July 3rd, 1778, Paris

77

Vilna Gaon

Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist (1720–1797)

*April 23rd, 1720, Sialiec †October 9th, 1797, Vilnius

77

Heraclius II of Georgia

Georgian monarch; King of Kakheti (1744–62), King of Kartli and Kakheti (1762–98)

*November 7th, 1720, Telavi †January 11th, 1798, Telavi

30

Sakuramachi

Emperor of Japan (1720-1750)

*February 8th, 1720, Kyoto †May 28th, 1750, Kyoto

71

Heinrich Friedrich Delius

German physician, naturalist and chemist (1720-1791)

*July 8th, 1720, Wernigerode †October 22nd, 1791, Erlangen

55

Christoph Friedrich Schott

German theologian

*April 13th, 1720, Burgstetten †June 18th, 1775, Tübingen

57

Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen

Painter, engraver and draughtsman (1720-1778)

*August 17th, 1720, Valenciennes †January 4th, 1778, City of Brussels

72

Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin

French politician (1720-1792)

*March 24th, 1720, Périgueux †September 16th, 1792, Spa

57

Samuel Foote

British dramatist

*January 27th, 1720, Truro †October 21st, 1777, Dover

51

John Woolman

American Quaker preacher and writer

*October 19th, 1720, New Jersey †October 7th, 1772, York

83

Gian Francesco Albani

Catholic cardinal (1775–1803)

*February 26th, 1720, Rome †September 15th, 1803, Rome

82

Johann Joachim Busch

German architect

*September 18th, 1720, Schwerin †December 27th, 1802, Plau am See

67

José de Gálvez

Spanish lawyer (1720-1787)

*January 2nd, 1720, Macharaviaya †June 17th, 1787, Aranjuez

75

Sarah Scott

British writer

*September 21st, 1720, Yorkshire †November 3rd, 1795, Norwich

48

Friedrich Wilhelm von Oppel

German university teacher (1720-1769)

*May 4th, 1720, Krebs †February 4th, 1769, Freiberg

72

Martin Gerbert

German scholar

*August 11th, 1720, Horb am Neckar †May 13th, 1793, St. Blasien

79

Nicolas-Henri Jardin

French architect in Denmark (1720-1799)

*March 22nd, 1720, Bussy-Saint-Martin †August 31st, 1799, Paris

72

Gilbert White

18th-century English priest and naturalist; (1720-1793)

*July 18th, 1720, Selborne †June 26th, 1793, Selborne

83

Henrik Adam Brockenhuus

Danish courtier, local administrator in Zealand

*May 30th, 1720, Hamar Municipality †June 11th, 1803, Jungshovedgaard

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Leap year

Yes: 1720 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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