Historical Events In 1820

Apr 17   Gottfried Conradi, composer in the year 1820.  

Apr 20   Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies on this day in history.  

Apr 26   Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel) in the year 1820.  

Apr 27   On this day in history herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics)  

May 04   Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack in the year 1820.  

May 10   Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

May 11   On this day in history launch of HMS Beagle the ship that took young Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage.  

May 12   On this day in history florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)  

May 12   The birth of Florence Nightingale, English pioneer of nursing in the year 1820.  

May 13   Opera "Die Jagarsbrautt" is completed on this day in history.  

May 13   In the year 1820 the opera "Die Jäearsbraut" is completed  

May 14   On this day in history paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43  

May 22   On this day in history alexander Ernst Fesca, composer  

May 23   On this day in history james Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis)  

May 28   On this day in history willem Doorenbos, [Keerom], literary/critic  

Jun 09   On this day in history wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange, dies at 68  

Jun 13   On this day in history wF Hendrik, the Navigator, prince of the Netherlands/admiral  

Jun 14   John Bartlett, US, editor (compiled Familiar Quotations) in the year 1820.  

Jun 18   Martin Andreas Udbye, composer in the year 1820.  

Jun 19   Joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 24   Henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 on this day in history.  

Jun 28   In the year 1820 tomato is proven non-poisonous  

Jun 28   Tomato is proven nonpoisonous in the year 1820.  

Jul 01   On this day in history 1st edition of newspaper "Courrier de la Meuse" published"  

Jul 10   On this day in history andrew Porter, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872  

Jul 13   Commencement of the trial in Stirling for High Treason of the Radicals captured at the Battle of Bonnymuir. Two of the accused, John Baird and Andrew Hardie, were subsequently executed on 8 September 1820 in the year 1820.  

Jul 22   On this day in history louis Powell Harvey, Governor (Union), died in 1862  

Jul 26   John Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 in the year 1820.  

Jul 27   John Franklin Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers) in the year 1820.  

Jul 29   Clement Laird Vallandigham, MC (Union), died in 1871 in the year 1820.  

Aug 01   On this day in history london's Regent's Canal opens.  

Aug 03   In the year 1820 luther Orlando Emerson, composer  

Aug 06   Antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1820.  

Aug 07   1st potatoes planted in Hawaii in the year 1820.  

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Jan 09   Pavel Krizkovsky, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of anne Bronte, English novelist/poet (Tenant of Wildfell Hall)  

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   Hermann von Lingg, German playwright/poet was born in the year 1820.  

Jan 22   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter (Jahresringe) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 22   Joseph Wolf, German artist (d. 1899) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   In the year 1820 daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classicist/historian, dies at 73  

Jan 23   On this day in history death of prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn  

Jan 25   Joseph F Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79 in the year 1820.  

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   On this day in history 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