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   

Jan 17   Anne bronte: English novelist/poet (tenant of wildfell hall)   

Jan 18   Abraham buford: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1884   

Jan 19   John haskell king: Bvt major general (union army), died in 1888   

Jan 20   Anne jemima clough: England, promoted higher education for women   

Jan 22   Hermann von lingg: German playwright/poet   

Jan 22   Johan hendrik koelman: Portrait painter (jahresringe)   

Jan 22   Joseph wolf: German artist   

Jan 17   Daniel w wyttenbach: Dutch classicist/historian,   

Jan 23   Prince edward augustus: Duke of kent and strathearn   

Jan 25   Joseph f weigl: German/austria violin cellist,   

Jan 29   George iii: King of great-britain (1760-1820),    

Feb 07   Samuel adams holyoke: Composer,   

Feb 12   Guillaume albert teniers: Composer,   

Feb 14   Charles f: Duke of berry, murdered at 42   

Feb 15   Pierre-joseph cambon: Member of committee the salut public,