Page 2: Historical Events In August - 20

1672  On August - 20 cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49   

1679  Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on August - 20.   

1702  Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal on August - 20.   

1710  On August - 20 thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rules of Simpson)   

1720  On August - 20 bernard de Bury, composer   

1741  On August - 20 alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering   

1745  On this day in history bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland   

1756  On this day in history bernardo Bittoni, composer   

1764  On August - 20 charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies   

1778  Bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile on August - 20.   

1781  George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis on this day in history.   

1785  On August - 20 oliver Hazard Perry, US Naval hero ("We have met the enemy")   

1788  On August - 20 jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer   

1791  Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska on August - 20.   

1794  On August - 20 gen Mad Anthony Wayne routes Indians at Fallen Timbers, Ohio   

1794  Gen Mad Anthony Wayne defeated the Indians at Fallen Timbers Ohio on this day in history.   

1795  Joseph Haydn returns to Vienna from England on this day in history.   

1799  On August - 20 heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician   

1799  Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1802  Cadwalader Ringgold, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1867 on August - 20.   

1804  On August - 20 charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis & Clark Expedition   

1811  On this day in history gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890   

1813  Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74 on August - 20.   

1820  On August - 20 adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer   

1823  On August - 20 pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83   

1824  On this day in history absalom Baird, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1905   

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  On this day in history thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, inventor, died in 1913   

1833  The birth of Benjamin Harrison, Former (23rd) US President on August - 20.   

1833  On August - 20 benjamin Harrison, North Bend Ohio, (R) 23rd Pres (1889-1893)   

1842  Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter on this day in history.   

1852  On this day in history steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard   

1854  On August - 20 friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79   

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1517  Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, cardinal/viceroy of Naples (1571-75) was born on August - 20.   

1526  Peter Opmeer, church historian/humanist (Historia Martyrum) was born on August - 20.   

1561  Jacopo Peri, composer was born on this day in history.   

1625  Thomas Corneille, French playwright was born on August - 20.   

1632  On August - 20 birth of louis Bourdaloue, French Jesuit preacher (d. 1704)   

1637  On this day in history birth of cornelis Van Aerssen, Dutch governor/co-owner of Surinam   

1665  Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed) was born on this day in history.   

1666  Alphonse d' Eve, composer was born on August - 20.   

0535  Death of Mochta of Louth, disciple of St. Patrick on this day in history.   

0984  On August - 20 john XIV, [Petrus Canepanova], Italian Pope (983-84), dies   

1153  Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies on this day in history.   

1384  Geert Great, [Gerardus Magnus], theologist (Getijdenboek), dies on August - 20.   

1538  On August - 20 death of aefgen Listinck, Dutch anabaptist, burned at stake   

1572  Death of Miguel López de Legazpi, Spanish conquistador (b. 1502) on this day in history.   

1580  On this day in history death of jeronymo Osorio, Portuguese historian (b. 1506)   

1632  On this day in history death of valentin de Boulogne, French painter, buried at 38