Historical Events In August - 20

1672  Cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49 on this day in history.  

1679  On August - 20 jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60  

1702  On August - 20 stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal  

1710  On this day in history thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rules of Simpson)  

1720  Bernard de Bury, composer on August - 20.  

1741  Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering on August - 20.  

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland on this day in history.  

1756  On August - 20 bernardo Bittoni, composer  

1764  Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies on this day in history.  

1778  On this day in history bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile  

1781  George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis on August - 20.  

1785  Oliver Hazard Perry, US Naval hero ("We have met the enemy") on this day in history.  

1788  On August - 20 jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer  

1791  Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska on this day in history.  

1794  On August - 20 gen Mad Anthony Wayne routes Indians at Fallen Timbers, Ohio  

1794  On August - 20 gen Mad Anthony Wayne defeated the Indians at Fallen Timbers Ohio  

1795  Joseph Haydn returns to Vienna from England on this day in history.  

1799  On this day in history heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician  

1799  Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37 on August - 20.  

1802  On August - 20 cadwalader Ringgold, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1867  

1804  On August - 20 charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition  

1811  On August - 20 gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890  

1813  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1820  On August - 20 adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer  

1823  On August - 20 pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83  

1824  Absalom Baird, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1905 on August - 20.  

1825  Richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1828  Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Le Comte Ory," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

1832  On this day in history thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, inventor, died in 1913  

1833  The birth of Benjamin Harrison, Former (23rd) US President on August - 20.  

1833  On August - 20 benjamin Harrison, North Bend Ohio, (R) 23rd Pres (1889-1893)  

1842  Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter on August - 20.  

1852  Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard on this day in history.  

1854  On August - 20 friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79  

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1517  On this day in history birth of antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75)  

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on August - 20.  

1561  On this day in history birth of jacopo Peri, composer  

1625  On August - 20 birth of thomas Corneille, French playwright  

1632  On August - 20 birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)  

1637  Cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam was born on August - 20.  

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on this day in history.  

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on August - 20.  

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on August - 20.  

0984  On August - 20 john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies  

1153  On this day in history bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies  

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on this day in history.  

1538  Death of Aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake on August - 20.  

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on this day in history.  

1580  On this day in history death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)  

1632  Death of Valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38 on August - 20.