Historical Events In 1820

Apr 20   Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies in the year 1820.  

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

Apr 27   Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics) in the year 1820.  

May 04   Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack in the year 1820.  

May 10   Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1820.  

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

May 12   Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) on this day in history.  

May 12   In the year 1820 the birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing  

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   On this day in history alexander Ernst Fesca, composer  

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

May 28   Willem Doorenbos, [Keerom], literary/critic on this day in history.  

Jun 09   Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange, dies at 68 in the year 1820.  

Jun 13   WF Hendrik, the Navigator, prince of the Netherlands/admiral in the year 1820.  

Jun 14   John Bartlett, US, editor (compiled Familiar Quotations) in the year 1820.  

Jun 18   In the year 1820 martin Andreas Udbye, composer  

Jun 19   Joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies in the year 1820.  

Jun 24   Henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 on this day in history.  

Jun 28   Tomato is proven non-poisonous on this day in history.  

Jun 28   In the year 1820 tomato is proven nonpoisonous  

Jul 01   1st edition of newspaper "Courrier de la Meuse" published" in the year 1820.  

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

Jul 13   On this day in history 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.  

Jul 22   Louis Powell Harvey, Governor (Union), died in 1862 in the year 1820.  

Jul 26   John Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.  

Jul 27   On this day in history john Franklin Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers)  

Jul 29   On this day in history clement Laird Vallandigham, MC (Union), died in 1871  

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

Aug 03   Luther Orlando Emerson, composer in the year 1820.  

Aug 06   Antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 07   On this day in history first potatoes planted in Hawaii  

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Jan 09   Pavel Krizkovsky, composer was born on this day in history.  

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   John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888 was born in the year 1820.  

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   On this day in history birth of johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter (Jahresringe)  

Jan 22   Joseph Wolf, German artist (d. 1899) was born in the year 1820.  

Jan 17   Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classicist/historian, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 25   In the year 1820 joseph F Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79  

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

Feb 07   In the year 1820 samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57  

Feb 12   Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1820.  

Feb 14   On this day in history death of charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42  

Feb 15   On this day in history pierre-Joseph Cambon, member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63