Page 3: Historical Events In 1820

Apr 17   On this day in history gottfried Conradi, composer   

Apr 20   Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies in the year 1820.   

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

Apr 27   Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher (Social Statics) on this day in history.   

May 04   In the year 1820 joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack   

May 10   Matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1820.   

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

May 12   In the year 1820 florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War)   

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

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

May 13   The opera "Die Jäearsbraut" is completed on this day in history.   

May 14   Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

May 22   Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer in the year 1820.   

May 23   James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) in the year 1820.   

May 28   Willem Doorenbos, [Keerom], literary/critic on this day in history.   

Jun 09   Wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Jun 13   WF Hendrik, the Navigator, prince of the Netherlands/admiral on this day in history.   

Jun 14   In the year 1820 john Bartlett, US, editor (compiled Familiar Quotations)   

Jun 18   Martin Andreas Udbye, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 19   In the year 1820 joseph Banks, English natural historian (Cook/Australia), dies   

Jun 24   On this day in history henry Rootes Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898   

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

Jun 28   On this day in history tomato is proven nonpoisonous   

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

Jul 10   Andrew Porter, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1872 in the year 1820.   

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 on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

Jul 29   In the year 1820 clement Laird Vallandigham, MC (Union), died in 1871   

Aug 01   London's Regent's Canal opens in the year 1820.   

Aug 03   On this day in history luther Orlando Emerson, composer   

Aug 06   In the year 1820 antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59   

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

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884 was born in the year 1820.   

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   On this day in history birth of hermann von Lingg, German playwright/poet   

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 in the year 1820.   

Jan 17   On this day in history daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classicist/historian, dies at 73   

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   Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1820.   

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