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Born on Thursday February 20, 1620
- Douwe Sixtus (David) Acronius, Hallum, Ferwerderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1669)
- Catharina STRUBBE, Moerkerke
- Goswinus Cox, Wijnandsrade, LB, Nederland
- Elisabeth Sophie von Schlabrendorff, Drewitz, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany († 1656)
- David Acronius, Hallum (Ferwerderadeel) († 1669)
- Joanna Scellen, Sint Michielsgestel (Gemonde) (Noord Brabant)
- Hendrik Anthonisse Oerlemans
- Arien VOORN, Vreeswijk, Utrecht, Nederland
- Elysabete de Meester, Sint Niklaas
- Adrian Ghijselijnck, Zegelsem († 1706)
Died on Thursday February 20, 1620
- Petrus Moeitz (80), Venlo, Li.NL
- Oswalt UU Hösel (Georg) (69), Unterscheibe, Erzg
- Jacob Kueffer (45), Greffern, Abtei Schwarzach (Baden)
- Sir Thomas Holcroft Sheriff of Cheshire (78), Whitegate, Cheshire, England
- Petrus Moeitz (80), Venlo (L)
- Thomas Trowbridge, I (54), of Taunton, Somerset, Eng
- Jean van Putthem (83)
- Hugh Fraser (58), Scotland
Born on February 20
- 1523 » Jan Blahoslav, Czech writer († 1571)
- 1549 » Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, last Duke of Urbino († 1631)
- 1552 » Sengoku Hidehisa, Daimyō († 1614)
- 1608 » Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham († 1649)
- 1631 » Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English politician, Treasurer of the Navy († 1712)
- 1633 » Jan de Baen, Dutch painter († 1702)
- 1705 » Nicolas Chédeville, French musette player and composer († 1782)
- 1726 » William Prescott, American colonel († 1795)
- 1745 » Henry James Pye, English poet and politician († 1813)
- 1751 » Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator, and academic († 1826)
Died on February 20
- 1458 » Lazar Branković, Despot of Serbia
- 1513 » King John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (b. 1455)
- 1524 » Tecun Uman, Mayan ruler (b. 1500)
- 1579 » Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509)
- 1618 » Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554)
- 1626 » John Dowland, English lute player and composer (b. 1563)
- 1762 » Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic (b. 1723)
- 1771 » Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist and astronomer (b. 1678)
- 1773 » Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (b. 1701)
- 1778 » Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and scholar (b. 1711)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1620
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- August 1 » Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
- August 5 » The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England, carrying would-be settlers, on its first attempt to reach North America; it is forced to dock in Dartmouth when its companion ship, the Speedwell, springs a leak.
- September 6 » The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
- November 9 » Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- November 21 » Plymouth Colony settlers sign the Mayflower Compact (November 11, O.S.)
- December 21 » Plymouth Colony: William Bradford and the Mayflower Pilgrims land on what is now known as Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts.