Page 2: Historical Events In August - 31
Friday, 20 March 2026
1778 British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in the Bronx during Revolution. 

1778 British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution. 

1795 Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 68. 

1805 Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer, dies at 95 

1811 Goode Bryan, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1885 

1821 Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer. 

1822 Fitz John Porter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901. 

1823 Galusha Aaron Grow, MC (Union), died in 1907 

1828 George Leonard Andrews, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 

1829 Opera "Guillaume Tell" is produced (Paris) 

1832 Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer, dies at 53 

1834 Amilcare Ponchielli, Paderno Italy, composer (I Lituani). 

1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands 

1842 US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress 

1842 Micah Rugg patents a nuts and bolts machine 

1843 Liberty Party nominates James Birneyas presidential candidate 

1846 Committee established in Sydney to organise appeal for Irish famine. 

1850 Calif pioneers organized at Montgomery and Clay Streets 

1852 Georges/Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister 

1855 Stefan Surzynski, composer. 

1856 Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer. 

1862 George William Taylor, US Union brig-general, dies in battle. 

1864 Atlanta Campaign-Battle of Jonesborough 

1864 Atlanta Campaign: Battle of Jonesboro Georgia, 1900 casualties 

1864 Max Wilhelm Zach, composer 

1864 Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician (ADA), dies at 39. 

1867 [Pierre-]Charles Baudelaire, Fren poet (Journaux Intimes), dies at 46. 

1870 Maria Montessori, Italy, educator (spontaneous response) 

1873 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen (Dutch East Indies), dies at 70 

1875 Oskar Peschel, German geographer (Physicist Erdkunde), dies at 49 

1876 Ottoman sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II 

1878 Albert Riemenschneider, composer. 

1879 Joshihito, emperor of Japan (1912-26) 

1879 William Barber, 6th US chief engraver (1844-79), dies 

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