1820

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s

Years: 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 - 1820 - 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825

Events

January 29 - George the Prince Regent becomes King of the UK as George IV of the United Kingdom.This marks the end of the period known as the English Regency.
January 30 - Edward Bransfield[?] discovers Antarctica.
February 6 - 86 free African American colonists sail from New York City to Freetown, Sierra Leone.
February 23 - The Cato Street conspiracy[?] is exposed.
March 3 & March 6 - The Missouri Compromise becomes law in the United States.
March 15 - Maine is admitted as the 23rd U.S. state.
November - James Monroe is re-elected, virtually unopposed.

Missouri Compromise
6th Edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica begins appearing.
Republic of Buenos Aires (Argentina) establishes penal colony in Falkland Islands.
Venus de Milo found on island of Melos.
Spanish revolt against Ferdinand VII.
Hans Christian Orsted discovers relationship between electricity and magnetism.

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

1820 in literature:

Births

January 17 - Anne Bronte, author
February 8 - William Tecumseh Sherman, soldier (+ 1891)
February 15 - Susan B. Anthony, US suffragist
February 28 - John Tenniel, illustrator
March 14 - Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
March 22 - Stephen Decatur, naval officer
May 12 - Florence Nightingale, nurse (+ 1910)
September 27 - Wilhelm Siegmund Teuffel, classical[?] scholar
Mathilde Bonaparte, hostess and socialite

Deaths

January 29 - King George III of the United Kingdom
March 22 - Stephen Decatur, sailor
June 19 - Sir Joseph Banks, British naturalist and botanist
September 3 - Benjamin Latrobe, architect

		1820
		Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century Decades: 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s Years: 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 - 1820 - 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 Events January 29 - George the Prince Regent becomes King of the UK as George IV of the United Kingdom.This marks the end of the period known as the English Regency. January 30 - Edward Bransfield[?] discovers Antarctica. February 6 - 86 free African American colonists sail from New York City to Freetown, Sierra Leone. February 23 - The Cato Street conspiracy[?] is exposed. March 3 & March 6 - The Missouri Compromise becomes law in the United States. March 15 - Maine is admitted as the 23rd U.S. state. November - James Monroe is re-elected, virtually unopposed. Missouri Compromise 6th Edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica begins appearing. Republic of Buenos Aires (Argentina) establishes penal colony in Falkland Islands. Venus de Milo found on island of Melos. Spanish revolt against Ferdinand VII. Hans Christian Orsted discovers relationship between electricity and magnetism. Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy 1820 in literature: Births January 17 - Anne Bronte, author February 8 - William Tecumseh Sherman, soldier (+ 1891) February 15 - Susan B. Anthony, US suffragist February 28 - John Tenniel, illustrator March 14 - Victor Emmanuel II of Italy March 22 - Stephen Decatur, naval officer May 12 - Florence Nightingale, nurse (+ 1910) September 27 - Wilhelm Siegmund Teuffel, classical[?] scholar Mathilde Bonaparte, hostess and socialite Deaths January 29 - King George III of the United Kingdom March 22 - Stephen Decatur, sailor June 19 - Sir Joseph Banks, British naturalist and botanist September 3 - Benjamin Latrobe, architect
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