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**[[Hans Christian Ørsted]] discovers the relationship between [[electricity]] and [[magnetism]]. |
**[[Hans Christian Ørsted]] discovers the relationship between [[electricity]] and [[magnetism]]. |
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**[[Radical War]] is fought in [[Scotland]]. |
**[[Radical War]] is fought in [[Scotland]]. |
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* [[April 6]] - [[Joseph Smith, Jr.]] at the age 14 was visited in a vision by [[God]] and [[Jesus Christ]] known by [[Latter-day Saints]] as the [[First Vision]] (Tradition holds that this occurred on [[April 6]].). |
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* [[May 1]] - Last hanging drawing and quartering in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] – [[Cato Street Conspiracy|Cato Street conspirators]] for treason (only hanged and beheaded) (See [[Capital punishment in the United Kingdom]].). |
* [[May 1]] - Last hanging drawing and quartering in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] – [[Cato Street Conspiracy|Cato Street conspirators]] for treason (only hanged and beheaded) (See [[Capital punishment in the United Kingdom]].). |
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* [[May 11]] - Launch of [[HMS Beagle]] the ship that would later take young [[Charles Darwin]] on his scientific voyage. |
* [[May 11]] - Launch of [[HMS Beagle]] the ship that would later take young [[Charles Darwin]] on his scientific voyage. |
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Template:C19YearInTopicX Year 1820 (MDCCCXX) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).
Events of 1820
January - March
- January 1 - Constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to summoning of Spanish parliament (March 7) and restoration of 1812 Constitution (March 8) by king Ferdinand VII. (See Mid-nineteenth century Spain.)
- January 28 - Russian expedition lead by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev approaches the Antarctic coast. (See History of Antarctica.)
- January 29 - George IV of the United Kingdom ascends the Throne, ending the period known as the English Regency.
- January 30 - Edward Bransfield lands on the Antarctic mainland. (See History of Antarctica.)
- February 6
- Lord Thomas Cochrane occupies Valdivia in name of the republic of Chile.
- 86 free African American colonists sail from New York City to Freetown, Sierra Leone.
- February 20 - A revolt begins in Santa María Chiquimula, Totonicapán department of Guatemala.
- February 23 - The Cato Street conspiracy is exposed. The principals are executed on May 1.
- March 3 & 6 - Slavery in the United States: The Missouri Compromise becomes law.
- March 15 - Maine is admitted as the 23rd U.S. state.
April - June
- April
- Hans Christian Ørsted discovers the relationship between electricity and magnetism.
- Radical War is fought in Scotland.
- May 1 - Last hanging drawing and quartering in Britain – Cato Street conspirators for treason (only hanged and beheaded) (See Capital punishment in the United Kingdom.).
- May 11 - Launch of HMS Beagle the ship that would later take young Charles Darwin on his scientific voyage.
July - September
- July - Constitutionalist revolution in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
- August 24 - Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal; revolution in Lisbon, September 15 (see Portugal's crises of the Nineteenth Century.).
October - December
- October 9 - Guayaquil declare independence from Spain. (See also History of Ecuador).
- October 25-November 20 - Congress of Troppau (Opava) between rulers of Russia, Austria and Prussia.
- December 3 - U.S. presidential election, 1820 - James Monroe is re-elected, virtually unopposed.
Undated
- The 6th Edition of Encyclopædia Britannica appears.
- The Argentine Confederation (Argentina) establishes a penal colony in Falkland Islands.
- Venus de Milo is found on the island of Melos (Milos).
- Robert Owen devises the labour voucher.
- The first ascent of Black Mountain in Australia
- Mount Rainier erupts over what is today Seattle.
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1820 MDCCCXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2573 |
| Armenian calendar | 1269 ԹՎ ՌՄԿԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6570 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1741–1742 |
| Bengali calendar | 1227 |
| Berber calendar | 2770 |
| British Regnal year | 60 Geo. 3 – 1 Geo. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2364 |
| Burmese calendar | 1182 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7328–7329 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 4517 or 4310 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 4518 or 4311 |
| Coptic calendar | 1536–1537 |
| Discordian calendar | 2986 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1812–1813 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5580–5581 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1876–1877 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1741–1742 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4920–4921 |
| Holocene calendar | 11820 |
| Igbo calendar | 820–821 |
| Iranian calendar | 1198–1199 |
| Islamic calendar | 1235–1236 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunsei 3 (文政３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1747–1748 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4153 |
| Minguo calendar | 92 before ROC 民前92年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 352 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2362–2363 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1946 or 1565 or 793 — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1947 or 1566 or 794 |
January - June
- January 17 - Anne Brontë, English author (d. 1849)
- February 8 - William Tecumseh Sherman, American Civil War general (d. 1891)
- February 13 - James Geiss, English businessman (d. 1878)
- February 15 - Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist (d. 1906)
- February 17 - Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer (d. 1881)
- February 28 - John Tenniel, English illustrator (d. 1914)
- March 3 - Henry D. Cogswell, American philanthropist and temperance movement pioneer (d. 1900)
- March 14 - Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (d. 1878)
- May 12 - Florence Nightingale, English nurse (d. 1910)
- May 27 - Mathilde Bonaparte, Italian princess (d. 1904)
July - December
- July 9 - John Wright Oakes, Landscape painter (d. 1887)
- July 23 - Julia Gardiner Tyler, First Lady of the United States (d. 1889)
- September 17 - Émile Augier, French dramatist (d. 1889)
- September 27 - Wilhelm Siegmund Teuffel, German classical scholar (d. 1878)
- September 29 - Comte de Chambord, claimant to the French throne (d. 1883)
- October 5 - David Wilber, American politician (d. 1890)
- October 6 - Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (d. 1887)
- November 23 - Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician (d. 1884)
- November 28 - Friedrich Engels, German social philosopher (d. 1895)
- See also Category: 1820 births.
Deaths
January - June
- January 17 - Daniel Albert Wyttenbach, academic (b. 1746)
- January 29 - King George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
- February 11 - Karl von Fischer, architect (b. 1782)
- February 14 - Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry (stabbed) (b. 1778)
- March 22 - Stephen Decatur, American sailor (b. 1779)
- May 30 - William Bradley, Britain's tallest ever man (b. 1787)
- June 9 - Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (b. 1751)
- June 19 - Sir Joseph Banks, British naturalist and botanist (b. 1743)
July - December
- August 12 - Manuel Lisa, fur trader (b. 1772)
- September 3 - Benjamin Latrobe, English architect (b. 1764)
- September 26 - Daniel Boone, American pioneer (b. 1734)
- September 29 - Barthelemy Lafon, architect and smuggler (b. 1769)
- October 15 - Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg, Austrian field marshal (b. 1771)
- December 25 - Joseph Fouché, French statesman (b. 1763)
- date unknown - William Drennan, Northern Irish poet (b. 1754)
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- See also Category: 1820 deaths.