What happened on March 20?

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Discover what happened on March 20 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!

Births

  • 1800: Gottfried Bernhardy (German philologist and historian (1800–1875))
  • 1800: William Wall (American politician and businessman (1800-1872))
  • 1800: Braulio Carrillo Colina (Head of State of Costa Rica (1800-1845))
  • 1800: Ann Charlotte Bartholomew (English flower and miniature painter, and author (1800-1862))
  • 1800: Christopher Nevill (cricketer (1800-1847))
  • 1800: Nils Svensson i Björkeryd (Swedish politician)
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  • 1800: Claude Noël Thevenin (French painter)
  • 1800: James Smith (English optician (1800–1873))
  • 1800: Richard Wetherell ((1800-1893))
  • 1800: Domingo Antonio Aguirre Otamendi (1800-03-20)
  • 1802: Karl Joseph Kuwasseg (Austrian painter (1802-1877))
  • 1802: Albert Schmidt (businessman from Germany (1802-1881))
  • 1802: Anthonie Waldorp (Dutch painter and forerunner of the Hague School (1802-1866))
  • 1802: Samuel Bigger (American politician (1802–1846))
  • 1802: Jacob Christian Bendz (Danish medical doctor (1802–1858))
  • 1802: Karl Joseph Kuwasseg (Austrian painter (1802-1877))
  • 1802: William Masters Smith (British politician; (1802-1861))
  • 1802: Karl Graf von Arpeau von Gallatin ((1802-1877))
  • 1802: Félix Locquin
  • 1803: Adolph Drewsen (Danish lawyer)
  • 1803: Erich Martin Sääf
  • 1803: Gordon Webster Burnham (American manufacturer)
  • 1803: Franz Nessel ((1803-1876))
  • 1803: David Arnot (Scottish minister of the Church of Scotland (1803–1877))
  • 1803: Dominique Raymond (French Catholic priest and writer)
  • 1803: Joannes Broden (curate)
  • 1803: Joannes Broden (curate)
  • 1804: Stephen Palfrey Webb (American politician (1804-1879))
  • 1804: Michelangelo Caetani (Italian noble, sculptor and politician (1804-1882))
  • 1804: Wilhelm Bendz (Danish artist (1804-1832))
  • 1804: Wilhelm Hübsch (German jurist (1804–1866))
  • 1804: Salvatore Lo Forte (Italian painter (1804-1885))
  • 1804: Nils Haqvin Selander (politician (1804-1870))
  • 1804: Manuel Camilo Vial (Chilean politician)
  • 1804: Neal S. Dow (American Prohibition advocate and politician (1804–1897))
  • 1804: Kristian Nilssen Hervik (Norwegian politician)
  • 1804: Joseph Warren (English composer and music editor (1804-1881))
  • 1804: Augustus Pieter Lopez Suasso (Husband of Sophia Adriana de Bruijn)
  • 1804: Charles Cailliatte (Swiss pastor and opinion journalist)
  • 1804: Marguerite Guizot ((1804-1833))
  • 1804: Marino Marini (Roman Catholic archbishop)
  • 1804: Henry Hoare ((1804-1873))
  • 1804: Alexis Lefebvre (French Jesuit preacher (1804-1882))
  • 1804: Isabel Rebecca Lyons Mordecai
  • 1804: Phebe Lord Upham ((1804-1882))
  • 1804: Marguerite Guizot ((1804-1833))
  • 1804: Stephen Palfrey Webb (American politician (1804-1879))
  • 1804: Michelangelo Caetani (Italian noble, sculptor and politician (1804-1882))
  • 1804: Wilhelm Bendz (Danish artist (1804-1832))
  • 1804: Wilhelm Hübsch (German jurist (1804–1866))
  • 1804: Salvatore Lo Forte (Italian painter (1804-1885))
  • 1804: Nils Haqvin Selander (politician (1804-1870))
  • 1804: Manuel Camilo Vial (Chilean politician)
  • 1804: Neal S. Dow (American Prohibition advocate and politician (1804–1897))
  • 1804: Kristian Nilssen Hervik (Norwegian politician)
  • 1804: Joseph Warren (English composer and music editor (1804-1881))
  • 1804: Augustus Pieter Lopez Suasso (Husband of Sophia Adriana de Bruijn)
  • 1804: Charles Cailliatte (Swiss pastor and opinion journalist)
  • 1804: Marino Marini (Roman Catholic archbishop)
  • 1804: Henry Hoare ((1804-1873))
  • 1804: Alexis Lefebvre (French Jesuit preacher (1804-1882))
  • 1804: Isabel Rebecca Lyons Mordecai
  • 1804: Phebe Lord Upham ((1804-1882))
  • 1806: Christian Andrew Zabriskie
  • 1807: Thomas Hubbard Sumner (American sea captain (1807–1876))
  • 1807: Mary E. Hewitt (American poet and editor (1807–1884))
  • 1807: Victor Pidoux (French politician (1807-1879))
  • 1807: František Skřivan ((1807-1895))
  • 1807: Margaret Balfour ((1807-1860))
  • 1807: Joseph Kimber (Peerage person ID=490590)
  • 1807: Jose Antonio Aguirre Garmendia (1807-03-20)
  • 1807: George Poe IV ((1807-1879))
  • 1808: Josip Godina
  • 1808: Filip Stillfried ((1808-1887))
  • 1808: Valérie Momy
  • 1808: Gottlob Christian Reuß (naturalist)
  • 1808: Edward Moore ((1808-1819))
  • 1808: Juan Jose Garmendia Loinaz (1808-03-20)
  • 1808: John Turner Stevenson ((1808-1857))
  • 1808: Sophia Cotterill ((1808-1907))
  • 1808: William Watts Wilson (British Royal Navy officer (1808-1845))
  • 1808: José Manoel do Rosário
  • 1808: E.-Jean-François Desbuards
  • 1808: Gaultier Auguste Jules Rochoux (French official (19th century))
  • 1808: Albert Hendrik Wendelin de Kock (Military officer and counsellor in the Dutch Indies)
  • 1808: Gaultier Auguste Jules Rochoux (French official (19th century))
  • 1808: Albert Hendrik Wendelin de Kock (Military officer and counsellor in the Dutch Indies)
  • 1810: Carl Emanuel Conrad (German artist (1810-1873))
  • 1810: Joseph Bouchardy (French playwright (1810–1870))
  • 1810: Carl Wirth (politician (1810-1880))
  • 1810: P.C. Hagemann (Danish architect (1810-1853))
  • 1810: Adeodat Vangraefschepe
  • 1810: Catherine Martin Weston (20 Mar 1810 – 16 Feb 1854)
  • 1811: Otto Kohlrausch (German surgeon)
  • 1811: George Caleb Bingham (American artist (1811–1879))
  • 1811: Gusztáv Groisz (Hungarian politician (1811–1874))
  • 1811: Rudolf Gaupmann (Austrian painter (1811-1877))
  • 1811: Philipp Merkle (German-American community leader (1811-1899))
  • 1811: Samuel Galloway (American politician (1811-1872))
  • 1811: Sanjōnishi Suetomo (20 Mar 1811 – 24 Aug 1880)
  • 1811: Andreas Frederik Høst (Danish publisher)
  • 1811: Carl Fredrik von Burghausen (Swedish writer and journalist (1811-1844))
  • 1811: Oscar Lepoivre (judge)
  • 1811: Claude Thielley
  • 1811: Moritz Lenel
  • 1811: Anton Josef Napoleon Recking
  • 1811: George Birch Johnston ((1811-1885))
  • 1811: Pedro Arbeleche Apat
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  • 1811: Pierre Marie Loyre
  • 1811: Johannes Dängeli ((1811-1862))
  • 1811: Adolf, Graf Alberti von Poja (20 Mar 1811 Tyrnau – 4 May 1890 Csanák, Hungary)
  • 1811: Louis-Charles Girodon (French author)
  • 1811: Samson Spiegel (rabbi)
  • 1811: Heinrich Herschmann
  • 1813: Antonio Gazzoletti (Italian jurist, poet and author (1813-1866))
  • 1813: Castor García Fernández (Spanish politician (1813-1891))
  • 1813: Samuel Holmes Mather (American financier (1813–1894))
  • 1813: Matthias Keller (German-American bandmaster and violinist)
  • 1813: Antonio Gazzoletti (Italian jurist, poet and author (1813-1866))
  • 1813: Castor García Fernández (Spanish politician (1813-1891))
  • 1813: Samuel Holmes Mather (American financier (1813–1894))
  • 1813: Matthias Keller (German-American bandmaster and violinist)
  • 1814: Wilhelm Bruno Lindner (German theologian)
  • 1814: Mathurin Le Gal Lasalle (French politician (1814–1904))
  • 1814: George Washington Harris (American humorist)
  • 1814: John Goodsir (Scottish anatomist (1814–1867))
  • 1814: Walter Kavanagh (Irish cricketer (1814-1836))
  • 1814: Wilhelm Arthur Passow (German classical philologist and teacher)
  • 1814: Shyama Charan Sarkar (Bengali writer)
  • 1814: Heinrich Stolting
  • 1814: Pau Cardellach i Busquets
  • 1814: Fernand Baguenault de Puchesse
  • 1814: Louis Baudouin
  • 1814: Maria das Dores de Almeida Furtado (Portuguese artist)
  • 1814: Francis Stafford-Jerningham ((1814-1874))
  • 1814: Mary Clare Moore (Irish Sisters of Mercy nun, Crimean war nurse and teacher (1814-1874))
  • 1814: Joseph Scherrer
  • 1814: Václav Ulver
  • 1816: Pieter-Jan De Rijcke (politician (1816-1897))
  • 1816: Charles Testut (French writer and editor)
  • 1816: Benedetto Sestini (Italian astronomer (1816-1890))
  • 1816: Georg Frederik Hallager (Norwegian judge (1816-1876))
  • 1816: Leopold von Enzberg ((1816-1879))
  • 1816: Snoeck Simon Reyn
  • 1816: Rafael Acedo-Rico y Amat (Spanish politician)
  • 1816: Pieter-Jan De Rijcke (politician (1816-1897))
  • 1816: Charles Testut (French writer and editor)
  • 1816: Benedetto Sestini (Italian astronomer (1816-1890))
  • 1816: Georg Frederik Hallager (Norwegian judge (1816-1876))
  • 1816: Rafael Acedo-Rico y Amat (Spanish politician)
  • 1816: Leopold von Enzberg ((1816-1879))
  • 1816: Snoeck Simon Reyn
  • 1819: Henry Delamain
  • 1819: Emmanuël Wynants (teacher)
  • 1819: Sophie Charlotte Luise Sabine Wiesen
  • 1819: Klaas Pander
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  • 1819: Emmanuël Wynants (teacher)
  • 1819: Sophie Charlotte Luise Sabine Wiesen
  • 1819: Klaas Pander
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  • 1820: Péter Driquet
  • 1820: Hermann Dietrich Dominikus Brenken (German politician (1820-1894))
  • 1820: Bernard-Gabriel-Xavier d’Abbadie de Barrau (French politician)
  • 1820: Champion S. Chase (American politician (1820-1898))
  • 1820: Niceto de Zamacois (Spanish writer and historian of Mexico (1820–1885))
  • 1820: John Nun Milner
  • 1820: James Sutherland (American politician from Wisconsin)
  • 1820