Page 5: Historical Events In 1820

Nov 07   James Monroe elected 5th US president   

Nov 09   Matthias de Vries, Dutch linguist (spelling).   

Nov 18   Antarctica discovered by US Navy Capt Nathaniel B Palmer   

Nov 18   US Navy Captain Nathaniel B Palmer discovers Antarctica   

Nov 23   John Willis Ellis, Governor (Confederacy) died in 1861.   

Nov 28   Friedrich Engels, German philosopher is born   

Nov 28   Friedrich Engels, Germany, social philosopher; Marx's collaborator.   

Dec 06   US president James Monroe re-elected   

Dec 10   David Allen Russell, Army Bvt Major General (Union), died in 1864   

Dec 15   1st General pharmacopoeia in US published, Boston   

Dec 17   Frederick Tracy Dent, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892.   

Dec 20   Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 and 50.   

Dec 21   Charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer, dies at 45   

Dec 22   The 1820 Radicals, sentenced to transportation to Australia, set sail on the convict ship Speke. Only one, Andrew White, returned when pardoned to Scotland.   

Dec 26   Gustavus Adolphus Smith, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885   

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Jan 09   Pavel Krizkovsky, composer was born in the year 1820.   

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

Jan 18   In the year 1820 birth of abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884   

Jan 19   In the year 1820 birth of john Haskell King, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of joseph Wolf, German artist (d. 1899)   

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1820 joseph F Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79   

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

Feb 07   Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 14   Charles F, Duke of Berry, murdered at 42 died on this day in history.   

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