Historical Events In August - 20
Wednesday, 10 August 2022
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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