Historical Events In 1820

Apr 17   In the year 1820 gottfried Conradi, composer  

Apr 20   On this day in history arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies  

Apr 26   On this day in history alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)  

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

May 04   Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack on this day in history.  

May 10   On this day in history matthaus Stegmayer, composer, dies at 49  

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

May 12   Florence Nightingale, Florence Italy, nurse (Crimean War) in the year 1820.  

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   The opera "Die Jäearsbraut" is completed in the year 1820.  

May 14   In the year 1820 paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43  

May 22   Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

Jun 09   In the year 1820 wilhelmina FS, princess of Prussia/Orange, dies at 68  

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

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

Jun 18   On this day in history martin Andreas Udbye, composer  

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   Tomato is proven non-poisonous on this day in history.  

Jun 28   Tomato is proven nonpoisonous in the year 1820.  

Jul 01   In the year 1820 1st edition of newspaper "Courrier de la Meuse" published"  

Jul 10   In the year 1820 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 26   On this day in history john Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

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

Jul 29   On this day in history clement Laird Vallandigham, MC (Union), died in 1871  

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

Aug 03   Luther Orlando Emerson, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 06   On this day in history antonin Vranicky, composer, dies at 59  

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

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Jan 09   On this day in history birth of pavel Krizkovsky, composer  

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 in the year 1820.  

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888  

Jan 20   Anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 22   In the year 1820 birth of johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter (Jahresringe)  

Jan 22   In the year 1820 birth of joseph Wolf, German artist (d. 1899)  

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

Jan 23   Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn died in the year 1820.  

Jan 25   In the year 1820 joseph F Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79  

Jan 29   George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 12   Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1820.  

Feb 14   Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42 died in the year 1820.  

Feb 15   Pierre-Joseph Cambon, member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63 on this day in history.