Page 2: Historical Events In 1820

Feb 28   John Tenniel, England, cartoonist/illustrator (Alice in Wonderland)   

Feb 29   Adolf Schimon, composer.   

Mar 01   George Davis, Atty Gen (Confederacy), died in 1896.   

Mar 02   Multatuli, writer.   

Mar 03   Eduard Douwes Dekker, [Multatuli], Dutch writer (Max Havelaar).   

Mar 03   Missouri Compromise passes, allowing slavery in Missouri   

Mar 05   Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays.   

Mar 06   Horatio Gouverneur Wright, Major General (Union volunteers).   

Mar 07   Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer   

Mar 09   -11) Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die   

Mar 09   James Monroe's daughter Maria marries in the White House.   

Mar 09   Philippines chases out foreigners; about 125 die   

Mar 11   Benjamin West, British painter (Death of General Wolfe), dies at 81   

Mar 13   Louis Herbert, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901   

Mar 14   Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78).   

Mar 15   Clemens Maria Hofbauer, patron saint of Vienna (b. 1751   

Mar 15   Maine admitted as 23rd state.   

Mar 17   Patrick Edward Connor, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

Mar 20   Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania   

Mar 21   Frank Mori, composer.   

Mar 22   Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41   

Mar 25   Greece freedom revolt against anti Ottoman attack   

Mar 25   Xavier F M G, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister to Pope (in Rome).   

Mar 26   Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer, dies at 71   

Mar 30   Anna Sewell, English author of 'Black Beauty' is born.   

Mar 30   Duc de Richelieu re-establishes censorship of French press   

Apr 04   Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1891.   

Apr 05   Henrik C Cras, lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii), dies at 81.   

Apr 05   Nadar, [Félix Tournachon], French painter/cartoonist/author/ballonist   

Apr 08   The Venus de Milo is discovered on the Aegean island of Melos.   

Apr 12   Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece   

Apr 14   Harry Thompson Hays, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876   

Apr 15   Evander McNair, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1902.   

Apr 16   Georg Curtius, German classical linguist.   

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Jan 09   In the year 1820 birth of pavel Krizkovsky, composer   

Jan 17   Anne Bronte, English novelist/poet (Tenant of Wildfell Hall) was born in the year 1820.   

Jan 18   Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 19   John Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888 was born in the year 1820.   

Jan 20   In the year 1820 birth of anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women   

Jan 22   In the year 1820 birth of hermann von Lingg, German playwright/poet   

Jan 22   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter (Jahresringe) was born in the year 1820.   

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 in the year 1820.   

Jan 23   In the year 1820 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   In the year 1820 george III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820), dies at 81   

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

Feb 12   Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Feb 14   In the year 1820 death of charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42   

Feb 15   In the year 1820 pierre-Joseph Cambon, member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63