February 20

February 20 1951

Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer, born

February 20, 1892

First performance of Oscar Wilde’s Lady Windermere’s Fan

February 20, 1882

Padraic Ó'Conaire, writer and poet, born in Galway

February 20, 1874

Gladstone resigns, a Conservative administration under Disraeli takes over

February 20,1794

William Carleton, one of the most graphic writers about the Famine, born near Clogher, Co. Tyrone

February 20, 1742

James Gandon, architect and builder of the Customs House, the Four Courts, is born in London

February 20, 1547

Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey

February 20, 1472

Orkney and Shetland annexed from Norway to the crown of Scotland

February 20, 1436

James I of Scotland is murdered