Historical Events In August - 20
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1672 On this day in history cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49
1679 Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on August - 20.
1702 On this day in history stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal
1710 Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rules of Simpson) on August - 20.
1720 On this day in history bernard de Bury, composer
1741 Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering on this day in history.
1745 On August - 20 bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland
1756 Bernardo Bittoni, composer on August - 20.
1764 Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies on this day in history.
1778 On August - 20 bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile
1781 On August - 20 george Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis
1785 On August - 20 oliver Hazard Perry, US Naval hero ("We have met the enemy")
1788 On this day in history jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer
1791 On August - 20 danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska
1794 On August - 20 gen Mad Anthony Wayne routes Indians at Fallen Timbers, Ohio
1794 On this day in history gen Mad Anthony Wayne defeated the Indians at Fallen Timbers Ohio
1795 Joseph Haydn returns to Vienna from England on August - 20.
1799 Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician on August - 20.
1799 Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.
1802 On this day in history cadwalader Ringgold, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1867
1804 Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition on August - 20.
1811 Gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 on August - 20.
1813 On August - 20 jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74
1820 On this day in history adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer
1823 Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83 on August - 20.
1824 Absalom Baird, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1905 on this day in history.
1825 On August - 20 richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68
1828 Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Le Comte Ory," premieres in Paris on August - 20.
1832 Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, inventor, died in 1913 on August - 20.
1833 The birth of Benjamin Harrison, Former (23rd) US President on this day in history.
1833 Benjamin Harrison, North Bend Ohio, (R) 23rd Pres (1889-1893) on this day in history.
1842 On August - 20 juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter
1852 Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard on August - 20.
1854 Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79 on August - 20.
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