398 Historic Events for August 20
|
|
|
|
|
| 1813 |
Death |
Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer, dies at 74
|
|
|
| 1820 |
Birth |
Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer
|
|
|
| 1823 |
Death |
Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], Pope (1800-23), dies at 83
|
|
|
| 1824 |
Birth |
Absalom Baird, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1905
|
|
|
| 1825 |
Death |
Richard Wainwright, composer, dies at 68
|
|
|
| 1827 |
Birth |
Charles T H Coster, Belg literary (L‚gendes d'Ulenspiegel) [or May 7]
|
|
|
| 1832 |
Birth |
Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe, inventor, died in 1913
|
|
|
| 1833 |
Birth |
Benjamin Harrison, North Bend Ohio, (R) 23rd Pres (1889-1893)
|
|
|
| 1842 |
Birth |
Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter
|
|
|
| 1852 |
Event |
Steamer "Atlantic" collided with fishing boat, sinks with 250 aboard
|
|
|
| 1854 |
Death |
Friedrich WJ von Schelling, German philosopher, dies at 79
|
|
|
| 1856 |
Event |
Wilberforce University forms in Ohio
|
|
|
| 1856 |
Death |
Philipp Jakob Riotte, composer, dies at 80
|
|
|
| 1856 |
Birth |
Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter (Laodania) [NS Sept 1]
|
|
|
| 1860 |
Birth |
Raymond Poincar‚, France, president/PM (1912)
|
|
|
| 1861 |
Event |
Skirmish at Jonesboro MO
|
|
|
| 1864 |
Death |
Daniel Chaplin, US Union brig-general, dies
|
|
|
| 1864 |
Death |
John H Kelly, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24
|
|
|
| 1864 |
Event |
8th/last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run Va (about 3900 casualties)
|
|
|
| 1865 |
Event |
Pres Johnson proclaims an end to "insurrection" in Tx
|
|
|
| 1866 |
Event |
Pres Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over
|
|
|
| 1873 |
Birth |
William Henry Bell, composer
|
|
|
| 1873 |
Birth |
Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect (GM Tech Institute, Mich)
|
|
|
| 1879 |
Event |
Govt Kappeijne of Coppello resigns
|
|
|
| 1881 |
Birth |
Edgar Albert Guest, Detroit Mich, poet/newspaperman
|
