Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, born
February 20, 1951
First performance of Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan
February 20, 1892
Padraic Ó'Conaire, writer and poet, born in Galway
February 20, 1882
William Carleton, one of the most graphic writers about the Famine, born near Clogher, Co. Tyrone
February 20, 1794
James Gandon, architect and builder of the Customs House, the Four Courts, is born in London
February 20, 1742
Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey
February 20, 1547
Orkney and Shetland annexed from Norway to the crown of Scotland
February 20, 1472
James I of Scotland is murdered
February 20, 1436