398 Historic Events for August 20
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| 1665 |
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Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed)
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| 1666 |
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Alphonse d' Eve, composer
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| 1672 |
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Cornelis de Witt, Dutch, statesman, lynched at 49
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| 1672 |
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Johan de Witt, advisor of Holland, lynched
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| 1679 |
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Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60
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| 1702 |
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Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal
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| 1710 |
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Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rules of Simpson)
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| 1720 |
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Bernard de Bury, composer
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| 1741 |
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Alaska discovered by Danish explorer Vitus Bering
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| 1745 |
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Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland
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| 1756 |
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Bernardo Bittoni, composer
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| 1764 |
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Charles F Bentinck, Dutch minister of Colonies
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| 1778 |
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Bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile
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| 1779 |
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Freiherr J”ns J Berzelius, Swedish chemist (atomic weight)
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| 1781 |
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George Washington begins to move his troops south to fight Cornwallis
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| 1785 |
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Oliver Hazard Perry, US Naval hero ("We have met the enemy")
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| 1788 |
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Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer
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| 1791 |
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Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovers Alaska
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| 1794 |
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Gen Mad Anthony Wayne defeated the Indians at Fallen Timbers Ohio
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| 1795 |
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Joseph Haydn returns to Vienna from England
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| 1799 |
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Johann Christian Gottlob Eidenbenz, composer, dies at 37
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| 1799 |
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Heinrich WA Freiherr von Gagern, German liberal politician
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| 1802 |
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Cadwalader Ringgold, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1867
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| 1804 |
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Charles Floyd, only fatality of the Lewis and Clark Expedition
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| 1811 |
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Gilman Marston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
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