WHAT HAPPENED ON 20. FEBRUARY
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The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clashed in the Battle of Parabiago. (20. February 1339)

Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark. (20. February 1472)

Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. (20. February 1547)

René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas. (20. February 1685)

The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington. (20. February 1792)

Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power. (20. February 1798)

Andreas Hofer, Tirolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, is executed. (20. February 1810)

Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta. (20. February 1813)

Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome. (20. February 1816)

Concepción, Chile is destroyed by an earthquake. (20. February 1835)

Polish insurgents lead an uprising in Kraków to incite a fight for national independence. (20. February 1846)

American Civil War: Battle of Olustee occurs – the largest battle fought in Florida during the war. (20. February 1864)

End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance. (20. February 1865)

In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens. (20. February 1872)

The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco, California. (20. February 1873)

Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its première performance at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. (20. February 1877)

The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time. (20. February 1901)

Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro. (20. February 1909)

King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra. (20. February 1913)

The Young Communist League of Czechoslovakia is founded. (20. February 1921)