Famous Deaths Happened In 1820
Sunday, 22 February 2026
Jan 17 Daniel w wyttenbach: Dutch classicist/historian, 


Jan 23 Prince edward augustus: Duke of kent and strathearn 


Jan 25 Joseph f weigl: German/austria violin cellist, 


Jan 29 George iii: King of great-britain (1760-1820), 


Feb 07 Samuel adams holyoke: Composer, 


Feb 12 Guillaume albert teniers: Composer, 


Feb 14 Charles f: Duke of berry, murdered at 42 


Feb 15 Pierre-joseph cambon: Member of committee the salut public, 


Feb 16 Georg carl von döbeln: Swedish lieutenant general and war hero (b. 1758) 


Feb 29 Johann joachim eschenburg: German literary critic (b. 1743) 


Mar 11 Benjamin west: British painter (death of general wolfe), 


Mar 15 Clemens maria hofbauer: Patron saint of vienna (b. 1751 


Mar 22 Stephen decatur: Killed in a duel with com james barron at 41 


Mar 26 Jean-etienne despreaux: Composer, 


Apr 05 Henrik c cras: Lawyer (laudatio hugonis grotii), 


Apr 20 Arthur young: Author (annals of agriculture), 


May 10 Matthaus stegmayer: Composer, 


May 14 Paul friedrich struck: Composer, 


Jun 09 Wilhelmina fs: Princess of prussia/orange, 


Jun 19 Joseph banks: English natural historian (cook/australia), 


Jun 20 Manuel belgrano: Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1770) 


Aug 06 Antonin vranicky: Composer, 


Aug 11 Janos lavotta: Composer, 


Aug 28 Andrew ellicott: American surveyor (b. 1754) 


Sep 02 Jiaqing: Emperor of china (b. 1760) 


Sep 07 Coert l van beyma thoe kingma: Fries regent/patriot, 


Sep 17 Henri hamal: Composer, 


Sep 21 Joseph r drake: Us poet (american flag), 


Sep 26 Daniel boone: Frontiersman, 


Oct 03 Ludwig wenzel lachnith: Composer, 


Oct 12 Elias annes borger: Theologist/poet (ode on the rhine), 


Oct 15 Karl philipp fürst zu schwarzenberg: Austrian field marshal (b. 1771) 


Dec 21 Charles-francois dumonchau: Composer, 


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