Historical Events In 1820

Apr 17   On this day in history gottfried Conradi, composer  

Apr 20   On this day in history arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies  

Apr 26   Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel) on this day in history.  

Apr 27   Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics) on this day in history.  

May 04   On this day in history joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack  

May 10   Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

May 11   Launch of HMS Beagle the ship that took young Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage in the year 1820.  

May 12   In the year 1820 florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)  

May 12   The birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing in the year 1820.  

May 13   Opera "Die Jagarsbrautt" is completed in the year 1820.  

May 13   In the year 1820 the opera "Die Jäearsbraut" is completed  

May 14   In the year 1820 paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43  

May 22   In the year 1820 alexander Ernst Fesca, composer  

May 23   James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) in the year 1820.  

May 28   In the year 1820 willem Doorenbos, [Keerom], literary/critic  

Jun 09   Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Jun 13   On this day in history wF Hendrik, the Navigator, prince of the Netherlands/admiral  

Jun 14   On this day in history john Bartlett, US, editor (compiled Familiar Quotations)  

Jun 18   Martin Andreas Udbye, composer on this day in history.  

Jun 19   On this day in history joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies  

Jun 24   On this day in history henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898  

Jun 28   On this day in history tomato is proven non-poisonous  

Jun 28   Tomato is proven nonpoisonous on this day in history.  

Jul 01   On this day in history 1st edition of newspaper "Courrier de la Meuse" published"  

Jul 10   Andrew Porter, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 in the year 1820.  

Jul 13   Commencement of the trial in Stirling for High Treason of the Radicals captured at the Battle of Bonnymuir. Two of the accused, John Baird and Andrew Hardie, were subsequently executed on 8 September 1820 in the year 1820.  

Jul 22   Louis Powell Harvey, Governor (Union), died in 1862 on this day in history.  

Jul 26   In the year 1820 john Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

Jul 27   John Franklin Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.  

Jul 29   Clement Laird Vallandigham, MC (Union), died in 1871 in the year 1820.  

Aug 01   In the year 1820 london's Regent's Canal opens.  

Aug 03   On this day in history luther Orlando Emerson, composer  

Aug 06   On this day in history antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59  

Aug 07   1st potatoes planted in Hawaii in the year 1820.  

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Jan 09   Pavel Krizkovsky, composer was born in the year 1820.  

Jan 17   In the year 1820 birth of anne Bronte, English novelist/poet (Tenant of Wildfell Hall)  

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884  

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888  

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women  

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of hermann von Lingg, German playwright/poet  

Jan 22   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter (Jahresringe) was born in the year 1820.  

Jan 22   Joseph Wolf, German artist (d. 1899) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classicist/historian, dies at 73 in the year 1820.  

Jan 23   On this day in history death of prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn  

Jan 25   Joseph F Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jan 29   George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820), dies at 81 in the year 1820.  

Feb 07   Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1820.  

Feb 12   In the year 1820 guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71  

Feb 14   Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42 died in the year 1820.  

Feb 15   In the year 1820 pierre-Joseph Cambon, member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63