Page 3: Historical Events In 1820

Apr 17   In the year 1820 gottfried Conradi, composer   

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

Apr 26   In the year 1820 alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Cincinnati Sentinel)   

Apr 27   In the year 1820 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   In the year 1820 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   In the year 1820 the opera "Die Jäearsbraut" is completed   

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

May 22   In the year 1820 alexander Ernst Fesca, composer   

May 23   James Buchanan Eads, US, engineer/inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis) on this day in history.   

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

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

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) on this day in history.   

Jun 18   In the year 1820 martin Andreas Udbye, composer   

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

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   1st edition of newspaper "Courrier de la Meuse" published" in the year 1820.   

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

Jul 13   In the year 1820 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.   

Jul 22   Louis Powell Harvey, Governor (Union), died in 1862 in the year 1820.   

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

Jul 27   On this day in history john Franklin Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers)   

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   Luther Orlando Emerson, composer in the year 1820.   

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

Aug 07   On this day in history 1st potatoes planted in Hawaii   

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

Jan 17   In the year 1820 birth of anne Bronte, English novelist/poet (Tenant of Wildfell Hall)   

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of abraham Buford, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1884   

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   Hermann von Lingg, German playwright/poet was born on this day in history.   

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

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   Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn died on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Joseph F Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820), dies at 81 in the year 1820.   

Feb 07   Samuel Adams Holyoke, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1820.   

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