415 Historic Events for March 20
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| 1828 |
Birth |
Henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler)
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| 1829 |
Birth |
Charles Albert White, composer
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| 1830 |
Birth |
Eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910
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| 1833 |
Birth |
Henry Southwick Perkins, composer
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| 1833 |
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US and Siam sign commercial treaty
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| 1834 |
Birth |
Charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909)
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| 1846 |
Birth |
Auguste Bender, writer
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| 1848 |
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King Louis I of Bayern abdicates to marry dancer Lola Montez
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| 1848 |
Death |
Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27
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| 1852 |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published (Boston)
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| 1853 |
Birth |
George Godfrey, Chelsea Mass, heavyweight boxer (Old Chocolate)
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| 1856 |
Birth |
Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management
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| 1863 |
Birth |
Ernesto Nazareth, composer
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| 1863 |
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Battle of Pensacola FL -evacuated by Federals
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| 1865 |
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2nd day of Battle of Bentonville NC
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| 1865 |
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Michigan authorizes workers' cooperatives
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| 1866 |
Death |
Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23
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| 1868 |
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Jesse James Gang robs bank in Russelville Kentucky of $14,000
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| 1868 |
Birth |
Obe Postma, Frisian poet/geography/historian (Frisian Clay Farm)
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| 1870 |
Birth |
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician (East Africa)
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| 1871 |
Death |
Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56
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| 1872 |
Birth |
Bernhard Seklas, composer
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| 1872 |
Birth |
Karin Michaelis, writer
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| 1873 |
Death |
Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52
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| 1873 |
Birth |
Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/US pianist/composer (Aleko) [NS=Apr 1]
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