February 20
Events
Pre-1600
- 1339 - The Milanese army and the St. George's Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated.
- 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark.
- 1521 - Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León sets out from San Juan, Puerto Rico, for Florida with about 200 prospective colonists.
- 1547 - Edward VI of England is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
- 1553 - Yohannan Sulaqa professes his Catholic belief and is ordained as bishop shortly after; this marks the beginning of the Chaldean Catholic Church.
1601–1900
- 1685 - René-Robert Cavelier establishes Fort St. Louis at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
- 1792 - The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
- 1798 - Louis-Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power.
- 1813 - Manuel Belgrano defeats the royalist army of Pío de Tristán during the Battle of Salta.
- 1816 - Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.
- 1824 - William Buckland formally announces the name Megalosaurus, the first scientifically validly named non-avian dinosaur species.
- 1835 - The 1835 Concepción earthquake destroys Concepción, Chile.
- 1846 - Polish insurgents lead an uprising in Kraków to incite a fight for national independence.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Olustee: The largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
- 1865 - 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.
- 1872 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
- 1877 - Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
- 1894 - 20 February bombings by Désiré Pauwels during the Ère des attentats.
1901–present
- 1901 - The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
- 1905 - The U.S. Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of Massachusetts's mandatory smallpox vaccination program in Jacobson v. Massachusetts.
- 1909 - Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
- 1913 - King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
- 1920 - Gori earthquake|An earthquake] kills between 114 and 130 in Georgia and heavily damages the town of Gori.
- 1931 - The U.S. Congress approves the construction of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge by the state of California.
- 1931 - An anarchist uprising in Encarnación, Paraguay briefly transforms the city into a revolutionary commune.
- 1933 - The U.S. Congress approves the Blaine Act to repeal federal Prohibition in the United States, sending the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution to state ratifying conventions for approval.
- 1933 - Adolf Hitler secretly meets with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party's upcoming election campaign.
- 1935 - Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
- 1939 - Madison Square Garden Nazi rally: The largest ever pro-Nazi rally in United States history is convened in Madison Square Garden, New York City, with 20,000 members and sympathizers of the German American Bund present.
- 1942 - World War II: Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
- 1943 - World War II: American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.
- 1943 - The Saturday Evening Post publishes the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms.
- 1944 - World War II: The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers.
- 1944 - World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Atoll.
- 1952 - Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
- 1956 - The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
- 1959 - The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
- 1962 - Mercury program: While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, making three orbits in four hours, 55 minutes.
- 1965 - Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.
- 1968 - The China Academy of Space Technology, China's main arm for the research, development, and creation of space satellites, is established in Beijing.
- 1971 - The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.
- 1979 - An earthquake cracks open the Sinila volcanic crater on the Dieng Plateau, releasing poisonous H2S gas and killing 149 villagers in the Indonesian province of Central Java.
- 1986 - The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
- 1988 - The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
- 1991 - In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters.
- 1998 - American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
- 2003 - During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the Station nightclub ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 200 others.
- 2005 - Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
- 2009 - Two Tamil Tigers aircraft packed with C4 explosives en route to the national airforce headquarters are shot down by the Sri Lankan military before reaching their target, in a kamikaze style attack.
- 2010 - In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 43 deaths, in the worst disaster in the history of the archipelago.
- 2014 - Dozens of Euromaidan anti-government protesters died in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, many reportedly killed by snipers.
- 2015 - Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services.
- 2016 - Six people are killed and two injured in multiple shooting incidents in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
Births
Pre-1600
- 1358 - Eleanor of Aragon, queen of John I of Castile
- 1469 - Thomas Cajetan, Italian philosopher
- 1523 - Jan Blahoslav, Czech writer
- 1549 - Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, last Duke of Urbino
- 1552 - Sengoku Hidehisa, Daimyō
1601–1900
- 1608 - Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham
- 1631 - Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English politician, Treasurer of the Navy
- 1633 - Jan de Baen, Dutch painter
- 1705 - Nicolas Chédeville, French musette player and composer
- 1726 - William Prescott, American colonel
- 1744 - William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician
- 1745 - Henry James Pye, English poet and politician
- 1748 - Luther Martin, American politician
- 1751 - Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator, and academic
- 1753 - Louis-Alexandre Berthier, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence
- 1756 - Angelica Schuyler Church, American socialite, sister-in-law to Alexander Hamilton
- 1759 - Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist
- 1774 - Vicente Sebastián Pintado, Spanish cartographer, engineer, military officer and land surveyor of Spanish Louisiana and Spanish West Florida
- 1784 - Judith Montefiore, British linguist, travel writer, philanthropist
- 1792 - Eliza Courtney, French daughter of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
- 1794 - William Carleton, Irish author
- 1802 - Charles Auguste de Bériot, Belgian violinist and composer
- 1819 - Alfred Escher, Swiss businessman and politician
- 1839 - Benjamin Waugh, English activist, founded the NSPCC
- 1844 - Ludwig Boltzmann, Austrian physicist and philosopher
- 1844 - Joshua Slocum, Canadian sailor and adventurer
- 1848 - E. H. Harriman, American businessman and philanthropist
- 1857 - A. P. Lucas, English cricketer
- 1866 - Carl Westman, Swedish architect, designed the Stockholm Court House and Röhsska Museum
- 1867 - Louise, Princess Royal of England
- 1870 - Jay Johnson Morrow, American engineer and politician, 3rd Governor of the Panama Canal Zone
- 1874 - Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress
- 1879 - Hod Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1880 - Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French author and poet
- 1882 - Elie Nadelman, Polish-American sculptor
- 1887 - Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada
- 1888 - Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author
- 1889 - Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and physician
- 1893 - Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist and author
- 1895 - Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer
- 1897 - Ivan Albright, American painter
- 1898 - Ante Ciliga, Croatian politician, writer and publisher
- 1899 - Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, American businessman and philanthropist
1901–present
- 1901 - René Dubos, French-American biologist and author
- 1901 - Louis Kahn, American architect, designed the Salk Institute, the Kimbell Art Museum and the Bangladesh Parliament Building
- 1901 - Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian general and politician, 1st President of Egypt
- 1901 - Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Madras Presidency
- 1902 - Ansel Adams, American photographer and environmentalist
- 1906 - Gale Gordon, American actor
- 1912 - Pierre Boulle, French soldier and author
- 1912 - Johnny Checketts, New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War
- 1913 - Tommy Henrich, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1914 - John Charles Daly, South African–American journalist and game show host
- 1916 - Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer
- 1918 - Leonore Annenberg, American businesswoman and diplomat
- 1919 - James O'Meara, English soldier and pilot
- 1920 - Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi
- 1921 - Buddy Rogers, American wrestler
- 1923 - Victor G. Atiyeh, American businessman and politician, 32nd Governor of Oregon
- 1923 - Forbes Burnham, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Guyana
- 1923 - Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress
- 1924 - Gloria Vanderbilt, American actress, fashion designer, and socialite
- 1925 - Robert Altman, American director and screenwriter
- 1925 - Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna
- 1926 - Matthew Bucksbaum, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded General Growth Properties
- 1926 - Gillian Lynne, English ballerina, choreographer, and director
- 1926 - Richard Matheson, American author and screenwriter
- 1926 - Bob Richards, American Olympic track and field athlete
- 1926 - María de la Purísima Salvat Romero, Spanish Roman Catholic nun; later canonized
- 1927 - Roy Cohn, American lawyer and political activist
- 1927 - Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban singer and musician
- 1927 - Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer
- 1927 - Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, and diplomat
- 1928 - Jean Kennedy Smith, American diplomat, 25th United States Ambassador to Ireland
- 1929 - Amanda Blake, American actress
- 1931 - John Milnor, American mathematician and academic
- 1932 - Adrian Cristobal, Filipino journalist and author
- 1934 - Bobby Unser, American race car driver
- 1935 - Ellen Gilchrist, American novelist, short story writer, and poet
- 1936 - Marj Dusay, American actress
- 1936 - Larry Hovis, American actor and singer
- 1936 - Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and manager
- 1937 - Robert Huber, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1937 - Roger Penske, American race car driver and businessman
- 1937 - Nancy Wilson, American singer and actress
- 1939 - Herbert Kohler Jr., American businessman
- 1940 - Jimmy Greaves, English footballer and TV pundit
- 1941 - Lim Kit Siang, Malaysian lawyer and politician
- 1941 - Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1942 - Phil Esposito, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
- 1942 - Mitch McConnell, American lawyer and politician
- 1942 - Claude Miller, French director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1943 - Antonio Inoki, Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and politician
- 1943 - Mike Leigh, English director and screenwriter
- 1944 - Robert de Cotret, Canadian economist and politician, 56th Secretary of State for Canada
- 1944 - Lew Soloff, American trumpet player, composer, and actor
- 1944 - Willem van Hanegem, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1945 - Alan Hull, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1946 - Brenda Blethyn, English actress
- 1946 - Sandy Duncan, American actress, singer, and dancer
- 1946 - J. Geils, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1947 - Peter Osgood, English footballer
- 1947 - Peter Strauss, American actor and producer
- 1948 - Pierre Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1948 - Jennifer O'Neill, American model and actress
- 1949 - Eddie Hemmings, English cricketer
- 1949 - Ivana Trump, Czech-American socialite and model
- 1950 - Walter Becker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1950 - Peter Marinello, Scottish footballer
- 1950 - Tony Wilson, English journalist and businessman
- 1951 - Edward Albert, American actor
- 1951 - Gordon Brown, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1951 - Randy California, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1951 - Phil Neal, English footballer and manager
- 1953 - Poison Ivy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1954 - Jon Brant, American bass player
- 1954 - Anthony Head, English actor
- 1954 - Patty Hearst, American actress and author
- 1957 - Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1958 - James Wilby, English actor
- 1959 - Scott Brayton, American race car driver
- 1959 - David Corn, American journalist and author
- 1959 - Bill Gullickson, American baseball player
- 1960 - Joel Hodgson, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
- 1960 - Cándido Muatetema Rivas, Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea
- 1961 - Steve Lundquist, American swimmer
- 1962 - Dwayne McDuffie, American author, screenwriter, and producer, co-founded Milestone Media
- 1963 - Charles Barkley, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1963 - Ian Brown, English singer-songwriter and musician
- 1963 - Joakim Nystrom, Swedish tennis player
- 1963 - Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health
- 1963 - Cui Yongyuan, Chinese former anchor
- 1964 - Willie Garson, American actor and director
- 1964 - Tom Harris, Scottish journalist and politician
- 1964 - Jeff Maggert, American golfer
- 1964 - French Stewart, American actor
- 1966 - Cindy Crawford, American model and businesswoman
- 1967 - Paul Accola, Swiss alpine skier
- 1967 - Kurt Cobain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1967 - David Herman, American comedian and actor
- 1967 - Andrew Shue, American actor and activist, founded Do Something
- 1967 - Lili Taylor, American actress
- 1969 - Kjell Ove Hauge, Norwegian school principal and track and field athlete
- 1969 - Siniša Mihajlović, Serbian footballer and manager
- 1969 - Danis Tanović, Bosnian director and screenwriter
- 1971 - Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
- 1971 - Joost van der Westhuizen, South African rugby player
- 1973 - Andrea Savage, American actress and comedian
- 1974 - Karim Bagheri, Iranian footballer and manager
- 1975 - Liván Hernández, Cuban-American baseball player
- 1975 - Brian Littrell, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1977 - Gail Kim, Canadian wrestler
- 1977 - Stephon Marbury, American basketball player
- 1978 - Lauren Ambrose, American actress
- 1978 - Jay Hernandez, American actor
- 1978 - Chelsea Peretti, American actress, comedian, writer, and singer-songwriter
- 1979 - Michael Zegen, American actor
- 1980 - Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby player
- 1980 - Luis Gabriel Rey, Colombian footballer
- 1980 - Artur Boruc, Polish footballer
- 1981 - Majandra Delfino, American actress and singer-songwriter
- 1981 - Tony Hibbert, English footballer
- 1983 - Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1983 - Justin Verlander, American baseball player
- 1984 - Brian McCann, American baseball player
- 1984 - Trevor Noah, South African comedian, actor, and television host
- 1985 - Killian Dain, Northern Irish wrestler
- 1985 - Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player
- 1985 - Julia Volkova, Russian singer and actress
- 1986 - Julio Borbón, American baseball player
- 1987 - Luke Burgess, English rugby league player
- 1987 - Martin Hanzal, Czech ice hockey player
- 1987 - James Johnson, American basketball player
- 1987 - Daniella Pineda, American actress
- 1987 - Miles Teller, American actor
- 1988 - Ki Bo-bae, South Korean archer
- 1988 - Jiah Khan, Indian singer and actress
- 1988 - Rihanna, Barbadian singer, songwriter and actress
- 1989 - Jack Falahee, American actor and singer-songwriter
- 1990 - Ciro Immobile, Italian footballer
- 1991 - Hidilyn Diaz, Filipino weightlifter
- 1991 - Angelique van der Meet, Dutch tennis player
- 1993 - Jurickson Profar, Curaçaoan baseball player
- 1994 - Kateryna Baindl, Ukrainian tennis player
- 1994 - Luis Severino, Dominican baseball player
- 1995 - Elle Purrier St. Pierre, American track and field athlete
- 1996 - Clarke Schmidt, American baseball player
- 1998 - Emam Ashour, Egyptian footballer
- 1999 - Jarrett Culver, American basketball player
- 2000 - Josh Sargent, American soccer player
- 2002 - Gavin Bazunu, Irish footballer
- 2003 - Olivia Rodrigo, American actress and singer
- 2004 - Jared McCain, American basketball player
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 789 - Leo of Catania, saint and bishop of Catania
- 922 - Theodora, Byzantine empress
- 1054 - Yaroslav the Wise, grand prince of Veliky Novgorod and Kyiv
- 1154 - Saint Wulfric of Haselbury
- 1171 - Conan IV, Duke of Brittany
- 1194 - Tancred, King of Sicily
- 1258 - Al-Musta'sim, Iraqi caliph
- 1408 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician, Earl Marshal of England
- 1431 - Pope Martin V
- 1458 - Lazar Branković, Despot of Serbia
- 1513 - King John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
- 1524 - Tecun Uman, Mayan ruler
- 1579 - Nicholas Bacon, English politician
1601–1900
- 1618 - Philip William, Prince of Orange
- 1626 - John Dowland, English lute player and composer
- 1762 - Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic
- 1771 - Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist and astronomer
- 1773 - Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
- 1778 - Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and scholar
- 1790 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1806 - Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician
- 1810 - Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean rebel leader
- 1850 - Valentín Canalizo, Mexican general and politician. 14th President
- 1862 - William Wallace Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln
- 1871 - Paul Kane, Irish-Canadian painter
- 1893 - P. G. T. Beauregard, American general
- 1895 - Frederick Douglass, American author and activist
- 1900 - Washakie, American tribal leader
1901–present
- 1907 - Henri Moissan, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1916 - Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1920 - Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint
- 1920 - Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer
- 1933 - Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer
- 1936 - Max Schreck, German actor
- 1947 - Viktor Gutić, Croatian fascist official
- 1957 - Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician
- 1961 - Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer
- 1963 - Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer
- 1965 - Michał Waszyński, Polish film director and producer
- 1966 - Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral
- 1968 - Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter
- 1969 - Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor
- 1972 - Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1972 - Walter Winchell, American journalist and actor
- 1976 - René Cassin, French lawyer and judge, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1976 - Kathryn Kuhlman, healing evangelist, known for belief in Holy Spirit
- 1981 - Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-American banker and publisher
- 1987 - Wayne Boring, American illustrator
- 1992 - A. J. Casson, Canadian painter
- 1992 - Barbara Lüdemann, German politician
- 1992 - Dick York, American actor
- 1993 - Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian businessman, founded Lamborghini
- 1993 - Ernest L. Massad, American general
- 1996 - Solomon Asch, American psychologist and academic
- 1996 - Audrey Munson, American model
- 1996 - Toru Takemitsu, Japanese pianist, guitarist, and composer
- 1999 - Sarah Kane, English playwright
- 1999 - Gene Siskel, American journalist and critic
- 2001 - Rosemary DeCamp, American actress
- 2001 - Donella Meadows, American environmentalist, author, and academic
- 2003 - Mushaf Ali Mir, Pakistani air marshal
- 2003 - Maurice Blanchot, French philosopher and author
- 2003 - Orville Freeman, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 29th Governor of Minnesota
- 2005 - Sandra Dee, American actress
- 2005 - Josef Holeček, Czech canoeist
- 2005 - John Raitt, American actor and singer
- 2005 - Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author
- 2006 - Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster
- 2006 - Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist and author
- 2008 - Emily Perry, English actress and dancer
- 2009 - Larry H. Miller, American businessman and philanthropist
- 2010 - Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State
- 2012 - Knut Torbjørn Eggen, Norwegian footballer and manager
- 2012 - Katie Hall, American educator and politician
- 2013 - Kenji Eno, Japanese game designer and composer
- 2013 - David S. McKay, American biochemist and geologist
- 2013 - Antonio Roma, Argentinian footballer
- 2014 - Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay
- 2014 - Walter D. Ehlers, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient
- 2014 - Garrick Utley, American journalist
- 2015 - Govind Pansare, Indian author and activist
- 2015 - Henry Segerstrom, American businessman and philanthropist
- 2015 - John C. Willke, American physician, author, and activist
- 2016 - Fernando Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest and politician
- 2017 - Vitaly Churkin, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
- 2017 - Mildred Dresselhaus, American physicist
- 2017 - Steve Hewlett, British journalist
- 2020 - Joaquim Pina Moura, Portuguese Minister of Economy and Treasury and MP
- 2021 - Nurul Haque Miah, Bangladeshi professor and writer
- 2021 - Mauro Bellugi, Italian footballer
- 2024 - Andreas Brehme, German footballer
- 2024 - Yoko Yamamoto, Japanese actress
- 2025 - David Boren, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Oklahoma
- 2025 - Jerry Butler, American singer-songwriter and producer
- 2025 - Peter Jason, American actor
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- *Eleutherius of Tournai
- *Eucherius of Orléans
- *Francisco Marto and Jacinta Marto
- *Frederick Douglass
- *Wulfric of Haselbury
- *February 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of Heavenly Hundred Heroes
- World Day of Social Justice